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The Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security, and Enterprise (MAFSE) held its second onion producers meeting with the Belize Agriculture Health Authority (BAHA) and onion contact farmers on Wednesday, April 5.
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“So, this essentially means that you as a wholesaler your customers are not buying because they can’t retail it?”
“Yes that’s the situation, yes.
There are vehicles coming with one hundred and fifty sacks and in a week time they bring two trips and that is about three hundred sacks in the market – so that is about three hundred less
that we do sell and that is a problem for us.”
These farmers have one hundred and forty-thousand pounds of onions stored. These are produce that the farmers must sell off in three weeks time. That’s because their season should be wrapping up and it is time to import onions to supply the market. But right now, these farmers are worried that they will suffer massive losses this season
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.