2009 NATIONAL BELIZE AGRICULTURE SHOW IN APRIL

Showing agriculture products


NATIONAL BELIZE AGRICULTURE SHOW TO START APRIL 30TH.

This year’s Agriculture Show will start and run from April 30th, until the 3rd of May in the Belmopan Fair grounds in central and Western Belize. Companies and institutions from Mexico and our Central American neighbors of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras are expected to also participate. There is a big market for Belizeans in agriculture, supplying the needs of our neighbors in Central America. The FAIR has the usual midway for the children, with rides and games. This year a continuation of the bronco riding RODEO and the TRAIL BIKE obstacle course and sky jumping on trail bikes will be continued. The latter contests are usually dominated by Mennonite teenagers, with competition fierce between teenagers from the Mennonite farming communities of Blue Creek and Spanish Lookout. The website on the fair is at: www.agriculture.gov.bz click on the NATS webpage.
The show grounds are hot in what is our mid-summer dry season. Bring your own folding chair and sun umbrella. There will be the usual booths to showcase merchandise to enhance agriculture. This year, the big thing is going to be pre-fabricated green houses, if some local entrepreneur gets himself busy. Water spraying systems and plant root drip feeders for hydroponics are another big thing open to an entrepreneur. The local demand is rising for these difficult to find materials and products.