Smiles from miles away A sweeter life for our farmers
The sugar industry is very important in Belize. About 6,000
farmers grow sugar cane and people are directly employed
in other areas such as the mill where the cane is crushed
and cleaned.
farmers grow sugar cane and people are directly employed
in other areas such as the mill where the cane is crushed
and cleaned.
In the northern districts where cane is grown, 85% of the population is dependent directly or indirectly on the sugar industry. Many of the farmers are smallholders with very little land; they need their way of life to be sustainable for many years to come.
