Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security, and Enterprise of the Government of Belize.

The Department of Agriculture’s aim is to provide an environment that is conducive to increase production and productivity, promoting investment, and encouraging private sector involvement in agribusiness enterprises in a manner that ensures competitiveness, quality production, trade and sustainability.

Estimate of existing citrus acreage (May 2024)

 Age of trees Orange acres Grapefruit acres Total acres
Mature groves  >10 years 13,000 800 20,966
Immature groves 5-10 years 3,112 405 3,517
young groves < 5 years 3,878 270 4,123
Total acreage 19,980 1,475 28,605

Farmer Gender Demographics

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