Today things were back to normal at BSI’s Tower Hill Factory. Yesterday
afternoon, Caneros from the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association briefly blocked
the entrance to the factory. They did it to protest the very low rate of production
since the season started in mid December.
But the situation was defused without incident and today Dave Madrid the interim
CEO of the Association told us that deliveries are aback to normal and that
they have come to an understanding with BSI. But production is still not at
the desired six thousand tonnes a day – he says that the factory management
has committed to increase it so that farmers will not have to be waiting around
for days to deliver their cane.
He says it will take a few weeks to get to the desired level of six thousand
tones a day but he says the farmers are prepared to accept steady progress towards
that target. He said he expects that in fifteen to thirty days they will be
able to get to that mark of six thousand tonnes.
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