EU to give Funding to Belize
Posted by Neil Payne on July 24th, 2009BELMOPAN, Belize — A signing ceremony took place on Thursday morning in Belmopan between the Prime Minister of Belize, Dean Barrow, and the Ambassador of the Head of the European Union Commission in Jamaica, Marco Mazzocchi-Alemmani for the allocation of a financial grant for the Accompanying Measures for Sugar and the Special Framework of Assistance for the Banana Support Programme.
Sugar Cane in Belize
The Accompanying Measures for Sugar Agreement provides for the total contribution of BZ$25.2 Million. It makes provisions for road design, construction and supervision, for a cane replanting programme and the institutional support of extension services. The overall objective is to reduce poverty and improve the standards of living of the rural population in Northern Belize.
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