By Zoila Palma: On December 2, 2025, Minister of Agriculture, Food Security and New Growth Industries Rodwell Ferguson visited the Citrus Products of Belize Ltd, for familiarization talks on the citrus industry.
Minister Ferguson, accompanied by senior adviser Hugh O’Brien and Director of Projects Jose Novelo of the Ministry, sat with members of the CPBL board of directors to get an update and briefing on challenges, issues and future of the industry.
Following the meeting, Minister Ferguson visited the young citrus orchard at Caves Branch on the Hummingbird Highway in the Stann Creek District, to observe promising developments in citrus production.
The orchard features 4 new orange varieties and two new grapefruit varieties tolerant to citrus greening, with a number of them standing out showing high productivity, with some trees carrying as much as 2 bags of oranges per tree, at just 5 and 6 years of age.
“2 to 3 of these new varieties have shown remarkable growth and fruit production at such a young age, surpassing industry expectations. The field visit was led by O’Brien and along with the meeting this morning with CBPL personnel, provided valuable insights into the current state of the industry, the positive effect of government’s support for revitalization of the citrus industry and the potential for the industry to reach a million or more boxes in the very near future,” the Ministry said.
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By Zoila Palma: On December 2, 2025, Minister of Agriculture, Food Security and New Growth Industries Rodwell Ferguson visited the Citrus Products of Belize Ltd, for familiarization talks on the citrus industry. Minister Ferguson, accompanied by senior adviser Hugh O’Brien and Director of Projects Jose Novelo of the Ministry, sat with members of the CPBL
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