The Belize Agricultural Health Authority has issued an advisory informing the public that confirmed cases of the highly pathogenic avian influenza, H5N1, has been detected in pelicans on the coast [...]
In light of the confirmed cases of the H5N1 virus in Mexico and Honduras, BAHA is strengthening its technical and strategic response. This is being done through the One Health [...]
Is there trouble ahead in the citrus industry? This morning, Minister of Agriculture Jose Abelardo Mai shared dismal news coming from the south where farmers are refusing to deliver grapefruits [...]
The 2022/2023 sugar crop officially kicked off on Tuesday. Previously, there have been concerns about the conditions of sugarcane roads. Farmers have persistently complained that sugar roads become impassable following [...]
Last night, we told you that the 2022/2023 sugar crop finally got underway, after the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and A.S.R./B.S.I. signed a one-year interim agreement. Farmers are now [...]
And, while the 2022/2023 crop progresses, over next twelve months the millers and the farmers must once again engage in discussions towards a long-term commercial agreement. Shawn Chavarria, the Director [...]
The 2022/2023 sugar crop officially began this morning, following long-drawn-out negotiations between the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and B.S.I. As we reported on Friday, the B.S.C.F.A. and the miller [...]
The Sugar Cane Production Committee is estimating that one point three million tons of sugarcane is available for grinding during the 2022/2023 crop. Due to the substantial amount of sugar [...]
As we said, A.S.R./B.S.I. and B.S.C.F.A. signed a one-year interim agreement. The mill initially proposed a two-year interim agreement, following a failed mediation exercise. Shawn Chavarria, the Director of Finance [...]
In our conversation with S.I.C.B. Chairman Marcos Osorio, we also asked him about S.I.C.B.’s decision to push the start date to the twenty-seventh of December, despite the fact that the [...]
Sugar cane farmers in the north, represented by various associations, have signed a one-year interim agreement with A.S.R./B.S.I., effectively breaking a deadlock between the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and [...]
Last night, we told you that A.S.R./B.S.I. is proposing a two-year interim agreement with B.S.C.F.A. under the same conditions as last year’s crop. Well, Prime Minister John Briceño says B.S.I.’s [...]
Late this evening, Minister of Agriculture Jose Abelardo Mai, confirmed with News Five that mediation between A.S.R./B.S.I. and the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association has failed. He conceded that while [...]
According to Mai, the Ministry of Agriculture has been in discussions with A.S.R./B.S.I. to have the proposed two-year interim agreement reduced to one year. But, will the sugarcane farmers yield [...]
There appears to be no resolution in sight for the sugar dispute between A.S.R./B.S.I. and the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association. Tonight, B.S.I. is suggesting that the B.S.C.F.A. and the [...]
When will the 2022/2023 sugar crop begin? That is the question on the minds of many. Today, A.S.R./B.S.I. issued a statement to the media earlier today saying that the mill [...]
The new sugar crop is four days away and today there’s still no concrete outcome coming out of the mediations between the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and A.S.R/B.S.I. The [...]
Several farmers in rural Belize and Cayo districts mainly suffered losses in crops due to Hurricane Lisa on November second. Today, the Minister of Agriculture, Jose Abelardo Mai, told reporters [...]
Over forty newly-qualified beekeepers graduated today after successfully completing training in that field of work. The beekeepers, who hail from all across the country, gathered at Hodie’s Place in San [...]
A.S.R./ B.S.I. and the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association are still in negotiation over a revised Commercial Agreement. As we have reported, Julie- Ann Ellis Bradley has been hired as [...]
A ceremony was held today at the Biltmore Plaza in Belize to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Compete Caribbean. But what is Compete Caribbean? It is a private sector development [...]
The 2022-2023 sugar crop is scheduled to commence in two weeks, on December nineteenth, but still there is no resolution to the impasse between the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association [...]
The next few days are critical for the industry, as well as the start of the upcoming crop. Agriculture Minister Jose Abelardo Mai says that each day without a resolution, [...]
While with the Minister of Agriculture, the media also asked for an update on the damage assessment to the agriculture sector, following Hurricane Lisa. Minister Jose Abelardo Mai shares detail [...]
We have reported on agricultural encroachments that persist both on the natural corridors of wildlife, as well as unexcavated archaeological sites. It’s done by farmers who procure land and clear [...]
