Agriculture and Trade Show rescheduled

Every year thousands of Belizeans flock to Belmopan for the annual Agriculture and Trade Show. The three-day event is typically held at the end of April or early May, but today the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries announced that is has moved the date of the show from the weekend of May ninth to that of the sixteenth. No explanation for the change was given, but the ministry says it plans “to make the show a bigger and better one.”

In related news, today Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Rene Montero and his C.E.O., Gabino Canto, met with farmers and agro-processors in the Stann Creek district. According to a press release, the purpose of the meeting was “to consult and receive feedback on the agriculture sector in that district.” In speaking with the approximately seventy men and women, Montero mentioned that he plans to reopen the agriculture college at Central Farm and provide financing to farmers.