Rice seeds, horticulture, agro-processing and the three projects have been very successful. The three projects were handed over today to the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Taiwan Mission will now shift for the next five years to new areas, including tilapia and shrimp farming and this will take place. Deputy Prime Minister, Gaspar Vega says that the agreement between Belize and Taiwan took place about five years ago.
GASPAR VEGA
“The Government of Taiwan was supporting us with some new projects that include the horticulture rice seedling and the agro processing; that’s where we do all our dry fruits. Basically, what we are doing, we are assuming all responsibilities now. We are going to take over the responsibilities of the staffing, the entire staff now government is going to be paying for them; that agreement was made, like I said, a few years ago. That’s basically what it is. Taiwan is saying it is finished now and it’s the government’s turn to continue the projects and our commitments is to ensure the projects continue in a satisfactory manner and we believe that we are fully capable. The staff has been trained by all the technical expertise that these people have and we are confident that we can go ahead with the projects.”
Deputy Prime Minister Vega says that the Ministry’s staff has been trained by their Taiwanese technical experts.
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