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The pro tempore presidency of the CAC (Central American Agricultural Council), which is part of the SICA (Central American Integration System), was transferred on Friday, June 23, from Belize to El Salvador at a meeting in Costa Rica.

On the final leg of a three-day exploratory tour of Honduras, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security, and Enterprise (MAFSE) delegation visited the highly-recognized and respected Zamorano Pan-American Agricultural School (Escuela Agrícola Panamericana Zamorano) where they met with Belizean students.

Jose Abelardo Mai, Minister of Agriculture, Food Security, and Enterprise, is currently on a visit to Honduras, accompanied by CEO Servulo Baeza, Senior Technical Advisor Digno Polanco, and other department officials. This visit will include tours of key agricultural and food processing facilities in the country.

Minister of Agriculture Jose Abelardo Mai is heading a high-level delegation on the second day of an exploratory visit to Honduras.

The Ministries of Agriculture of Belize and Mexico held an Open Day Exhibition in Chetumal to share the results of the technical cooperation agreement in soybeans and coconuts, known as the Strategic Project for the Bilateral Productive Strengthening Mexico-Belize.

The Governments of Belize and the United Kingdom signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the Ocean Country Partnership Programme.

Help for banana farmers is coming

By Hugh O'Brien: Cattle exports from Belize to Guatemala via the border near Jalacte in Toledo is expected to receive a much needed boost after a corral was constructed in the Dump community to facilitate exports.

He Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security, and Enterprise (MAFSE) says there are enough good quality carrots being produced by the Belizean farmers and that import permits will not be given out as long as there is local produce.

Belize Ministry of Agriculture will be sticking with local carrots