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Belize Minister of Agriculture visits hydroponics operation
Minister of Agriculture Abelardo Mai continues visiting agricultural producers around the country and today he went on a field day in the rural Belize district.
Minister Mai’s first stop was a visit with Jim Jones, an individual producer specializing in lettuce grown hydroponically. Apart from different types of lettuce, Jones grows other vegetables like kale, arugula, and watercress in his greenhouse using water instead of soil. The hydroponics system allows for water to be recirculated and reused and results in more and faster production.
His second stop was at the Nago Bank cooperatives in Maskall along with Area Representative Marconi Leal. The cooperative farmers reported on their accomplishments and concerns, the main of which is road access.
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More Affordable Sheep and Goat Stocks Coming for Farmers!
Minister of Agriculture, Food Security and Enterprise Abelardo Mai has been on a countrywide tour in the past weeks. He has been visiting farmers and other producers in the agro-productive sector. That tour took him to Central Farm today to learn more about the sheep and goat breeding project. It’s a joint venture between Taiwan and Belize through which quality breeding stocks of sheep and goat are made available for farmers. But since the project started back in 2015, only about twenty percent of the goat and sheep farmers in Belize have taken advantage of the stocks. But that is about to change, following Mai’s tour of the facility. Here’s the story.