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WHEN THE MARKETING BOARD BECOMES THE MARKET

How did an institution built around developing and marketing Belizean agricultural production evolve into a state-controlled importer and distributor of foreign agricultural produce?

It began by helping Belizean farmers market what Belize produced. Today it imports foreign produce into a market where Government controls who can import. How did we get here — and what is the Belizean family paying for it?

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