And while the state of the sugar industry overshadows everything in the Agricultural sector, the truth is, farmers all over the country have been plunged into crisis by the rains. The PM outlined the findings of a just completed report on rain damages:
Prime Minister Dean Barrow
"There is tremendous agriculture, tremendous crop damage, up until this morning, the Minister of Agriculture was on this. The Deputy just handed me the latest preliminary report. We're looking in terms of crop damage, at people suffering in Cayo, Belize, Orange Walk, Corozal a total of $2,634,600 by way of losses. We're talking about soy bean, 800 acres having been destroyed, 350 acres of corn, 50% of vegetable farmers affected, and if the weather persists, all the vegetable farmers will be affected. We can't pay them for the loss of earnings, but we can certainly help in terms of doing things like providing funding for seeds so that they can replant."
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