Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security & Enterprise
Project (Monitoring & Evaluation)
Table 1 Projects for Budget Year 2023 -2024
| No. | Name of Project | Funding/Executing Agency | Project Description | Start Date | End Date | External Funding
US$ |
Counterpart Funding
BZD$ 2022 -2023 Approved Budget |
Counterpart Funding
BZD$ 2023 -2024 Budget Request |
Project Type | Comments |
| 1 | Belize: Climate Resilient Sustainable & Agriculture Project | World Bank | March 2023 | March 2029 | $25,000,000 | $20,000 |
National |
Ongoing | ||
| 2 | Digital Agriculture Services for a Sustainable and Inclusive Agri- Food System and Value Chains.
|
Food and Agriculture Organization | Oct 2022 | Oct 2024 | $14,000 | $14,000 | National | |||
| 3 | Belize Agriculture Sector Policy with focus on Seed, Back Yard Poultry Marketing and Indigenous People Affairs
|
Food and Agriculture Organization | Oct 2022 | Oct 2024 | $14,000 | $14,000 | National | |||
| 4 | Sembrando Vida
|
AMEXCID | Oct 2022 | $6,000,000 | $16,000 | $16,000 | National | |||
| 5 | Driving innovative financing and sustainable investments toward food system transformation and achieving SDGs in the Caribbean
|
Food and Agriculture Organization | Dec 2022 | Nov 2024 | N/A | $5,000 | Regional | |||
| 6 | Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Multicountry Soil Management Initiative for Integrated Landscape Restoration and Sustainable Food Systems: Phase 1 (CSIDS-SOILCARE Phase 1) | GEF | $70,000 | $10,000 | Regional | |||||
| 7 | Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods, Building Resilience-Investments in Cooperatives | GEF | Jan 2024 | June 2026 | $150,000 | |||||
| 8 | Sustainable and Inclusive Belize | International Development Bank | Sept 2023 | Sept 2029 | $15,000,000 | $3,850 | $15,000 | National | Ongoing | |
| 9 | Mesoamerica without Hunger Programme: Improve Food and Nutrition Security and encourage healthy eating habits in Belize through strengthening the school feeding programme | Food and Agriculture Organization | Jan 2016 | Dec
2024 |
$70,000 | $7,516 | $7,516 |
National |
1 Year Extension Approved |
|
| 10 | Farmers´ Organizations for Africa, Caribbean and Pacific – Action in the Caribbean (FO4ACP – Caribbean)
|
Food and Agriculture Organization | To learn about and analyze the good practices developed by some organizations to access markets, strengthen their governance system, develop strategic alliances, provide rural services and influence policy dialogue.
To identify the main challenges, key actors and opportunities for rural organizations to improve their participation in the value chain.. |
Oct 2020 | Nov 2024 | N/A | $10,000 | $10,000 | Regional | 1 Year Extension Approved |
| 11 | Follow-up Cooperation for Training on Development of Agricultural Cooperatives and Improvement of Management Capacity | Japan International Cooperation Agency | Dec 2021 | Dec 2024 | $20,000 | $14,000 | $14,000 | National | 1 Year Extension Approved | |
| 12 | Breeding Sheep and Goat Production and Guidance System Enhancement Project (Ph. II Project) | International Cooperation Development Fund | March 2000 | March 2025 | $325,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 |
National |
1 Year Extension Approved | |
| 13 | Use of Nuclear and Isotopic Techniques for Optimizing Soil-Water-Nutrient Management in Rainfed Agriculture Systems | Jan 2021 | Jan 2026 | $183,294 | $15,000 | National |
Table 2. Projects Completed for Budget Year 2022 -2023
| No. | Name of Project | Funding/Executing Agency | Start Date | End Date | External Funding
US$ |
Approved Cap II Funding BZ$ | Comments | Project Type | Project Status |
| 1 | CARICOM-FAO-Mexico Initiative ‘Cooperation for Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience in the Caribbean’ subproject Resilient School Feeding program: GCP /SLC/018/MEX.
|
Food and Agriculture Organization | June 2018 | May 2023 | $200,000 | $56,000 | Third disbursement of $18,000 was not received. |
Regional |
Closed |
| 2 | Honey Production Redevelopment Support Project (Expansion of the Honey Production Sub-sector)
|
Caribbean Development Fund | November 2018 | December 2023
|
$315,942.25 | $76,852. | National | Closed | |
| 3 | Covered Structures for Agricultural Production | Caribbean Development Fund | September 2019 | December 2023 | $233,933.50 | $53,674. | National | Closed | |
| 4 | Technical Assistance for Inclusive, Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems in the Rural and Peri -Urban Areas of the Cayo District, as a Response to the COVID -19
|
Food and Agriculture Organization | August 2020 | August 2023 | $330,000 | $12,930 | Closed | ||
| 5 | Managing Belizean Agriculture Resilience (M-BAR) | Food and Agriculture Organization | March 2021 | July 2023 | $45,000 | $10,000. | National | Closed | |
| 6 | Co-operatives’ Rapid Response to COVID19 and the 2020 Floods in Belize (UNDP-GEF-SGP/BEST/Dept. of Co-operatives
|
GEF | March 2022 | December 2023
|
$100,000 | $8,000. | National | Closed | |
| 7 | Sustainable Development of Resilient VCs – Implementation of CARICOM COVID-19 Agri-Food Recovery Plan
|
Food and Agriculture Organization | November 2020 | June 2023 | $200,000
|
$10,032. | Regional | Closed | |
| 8 | Strengthening Belize’s Evidence Base and Systems for Crisis Response | World Food Program | June 2022 | July 2023 | $302,447 | $5,000. | National | Closed | |
| 9 | THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CASH BASED TRANSFER (CBT) DISTIBUTION THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT’S AGRICULTURE PLATFORM IN THE FRAMEWORK OF WFP’S CARIBBEAN MULTI COUNTRY STRATEGIC PLAN 2022-2026 (MCSP)
|
World Food Program | June 2023 | September 2023 | $363,400 | National | Closed | ||
| 10 | Empowering Women and Youths to generate income through Agro-processing and value addition of locally grown seasonal fruits and vegetables | International Cooperation Development Fund |
March 2023 |
May 2023 |
$20,000 |
$17,500. | National | Closed | |
Pipeline Projects
2023 – 2024
Table 3. Project in the Pipeline
| No. | Name of Project
|
Funding/Executing Agency | Project Description | Projected Cost (BZD) | External Funding
US$ |
Counterpart Funding
BZD$ |
Project Type | |
| 1 | The Enabling of Belize Statistical System | Food and Agriculture Organization | Strengthening of the Belize Agriculture Management System | $162,000 | $14,000 | National | New | |
| 2 | Scaling the Implementation of the One Country One Priority Product Initiative (OCOP) | Food and Agriculture Organization | Sustainable and productive agrifood systems and agricultural value chains and inclusive rural societies | $150,000 | $12,000 | World Project | New | |
| 3 | Green House Project | Food and Agriculture Organization | Capacity Building for extension service on greenhouse designs construction and management. | $100,000 | $10,000 | National | New | |
| 4 | SCALA Private Sector Engagement (PSEF) Facility Service | Food and Agriculture Organization | Belize National Climate Change Policy, Strategy and Master Plan Belize which seeks to improve the management of 80,000 hectares under sustainable agricultural systems with biodiversity benefits and sustainable production of 500 agriculture and forestry farms covering 15,000 hectares | $50,000 | $7,000 | National | New | |
| 5 | Cool Storage Project | Japan International Cooperation Agency | Procurement of additional cool storage to extend the availability off season of Onions and Potatoes | $75,000 | $14,000 | National | New |
