Minister of Agriculture Hon. Jose Abelardo Mai and technical personnel from the Ministry of Agriculture met with Ambassador of Mexico to Belize, Martha Zamarripa Rivas, and members of the Mexican Agency for International Cooperation for Development (AMEXCID).
The purpose of the meeting is to exchange information on the actions of international cooperation in force between Mexico and Belize, particularly on the negotiation and implementation of the project in Belize.
is one of the core projects of Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s administration, in which inhabitants of rural areas receive an income in exchange for planting and caring for trees in their plots. The program seeks to address rural poverty and environmental degradation.