@article{Parham:265548,
      recid = {265548},
      author = {Parham, Wendel D.J.},
      title = {Implications of Modernizing the Sugar Industry of Belize},
      address = {2002-07-09},
      number = {2002-2017-5795},
      pages = {17},
      year = {2002},
      abstract = {The sugar industry of Belize is faced with challenges from  within and without. Trade liberalization and policy  adjustment measures, on the international front, brought  increased pressures on the preferential markets for sugar  affecting both volume and price levels. The internal  challenges are related to a poor organizational framework,  outdated legislation, low productivity and efficiency of  sugarcane production, harvesting and delivery, a high level  of indebtedness and an associated low level of investment.  The paper will present the status of the sugar industry of  Belize, the rationale for the modernization of the sugar  industry, the steps being taken to modernize the sugar  industry and the implications of the modernization process  for the sugar sector and the economy of Belize. There is an  urgent need to drastically restructure the industry in  order to make it more competitive and to ensure its growth  and survival as a solid economic pillar in Belize's  development.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/265548},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.265548},
}