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USDA Money For Medfly Eradication
Fri, July 31, 2015
The Mediterranean fruit fly has been detected in southern Belize and now there is a million dollar plan to eradicate it. The United States Department of Agriculture has committed 372 thousand Belize told and the Government of Belize will chip in with another 687 thousand dollars for medfly eradication activities and the procurement of equipment, materials and supplies, as well salaries and operational expenses for the medfly programme.

That's the plan coming out of the 2nd meeting of the Multilateral Fruit Fly Commission held in Cancun, Mexico.

The Cooperative Agreement is signed annually to manage the fruit fly in the interest of protecting crops in Belize and the United States. BAHA is currently making eradication sweeps in the south to contain the medfly.

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