Registration Ceremony Held for Hummingbird Agro-Producers Co-operative Society Limited

Press Release

The Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security, and Enterprise announces that the Department of Co-operatives, responsible for the registration and regulation of co-operatives, today held a registration ceremony, in Hope Creek Village, Stann Creek, for Hummingbird Agro-Producers Co-operative Society Limited. This new co-operative is the result of collaborative efforts from a group of individual producers seeking to optimize their marketing efforts and enhance entrepreneurial capacities by organizing into a formal enterprise. This makes them obligatory to inspection and reporting requirements, gives them access to auditing and conflict resolution services, and provides them with entrepreneurial development programs, among others.

The new co-operative, whose members have been working together since April, 2022, is engaged in the production of pitahaya (dragon fruit) and passion fruit. It has nineteen (19) members, ten (10) females and nine (9) males, including youths, who hail from various communities and villages, including Hope Creek, Mullins River, Gales Point Manatee, and Dangriga Town.

Mr. Leonel Requena, National Coordinator, GEF Small Grants Programme, UNDP, Belize delivered the keynote address. Other remarks were also made by Mr. Gareth Murillo, Registrar of Co-operatives and Mrs. Giget Villafranco, Chair of the Co-operative. Present were the members of the co-operative and other interested industry stakeholders.

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