Jul 6, 2021
Farmers Get Assistance in the Valley of Peace
Over the past two years, flooding and drought have ravaged vegetable fields in the Valley of Peace. Less than a year ago, the country’s largest cabbage producers lost hundreds of thousands of heads of cabbage to floods leaving them struggling to make ends meet. At the time, the Valley of Peace Farmers Association appealed to the government for help for them to keep planting. Well, G.O.B. is now offering assistance to thirty-one farmers through the Resilient Rural Belize Program’s Matching Grant Fund. On Monday, government officials and the Valley of Peace farmers signed an agreement for the construction of a climate resilient office and climate smart seedling nursery, packing and storage center with equipment and irrigation equipment. The agreement also provides for technical assistance and capacity building to help them improve the management and marketing of their operations.