Labor Shortage Threatens Belize’s Sugar Industry It’s a job fewer and fewer Belizeans want to do, but it’s one that keeps our economy moving: cutting sugarcane. Last season, over a hundred thousand tons of cane were left to rot because there just weren’t enough hands to harvest. Now, while the industry is slowly shifting to mechanical farming, the need for manual labor is still huge. Farmers have leaned on immigrant workers for years, but rising transport costs and work permit fees are eating in

[Exploring Pitaya Farming possibilities for small farmers in Belize] Dragon Fruit, locally known as Pitaya, comes in different types but in Belize the one best known is perhaps the pitaya with its distinctively bright purple pulp, housing hundreds of tiny black seeds. It is the fruit of a cactus plant and its juicy flesh is eaten after peeling back the skin. It is also often used in drinks and sauces. The Ministry of Agriculture is promoting this fruit as a potential crop for Belizean small farm