17th October 2022

Minister Jose Abelardo Mai signed today a grant contract for the AMEXCID Sembrando Vida. The grants signed amounts to $6 million Belize dollars to the Sembrando Vida project.

The signing took place at the Centro Escolar Mexico Junior College Conference Room in San Roman, Corozal. Representing the Mexican government as witness was Claudio Lara, Director of the Sembrando Vida project in Belize and Mr. Fred Roches, Corozal District Agriculture Coordinator.

The signing of the contract gives access for funds to be officially released, for the hiring of project extension officers, release of stipends to farmers, and obtaining agro-inputs to assist with the program.

Registration for the AMEXCID program will be carried out for 2,000 Belizean farmers in the coming weeks. The Sembrando Vida program is an initiative by the Mexican government that has been carried out in neighboring countries like Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador with much success.