date:May 20, 2016
the last several years.
Until two or three years ago, Belize was the largest grower of Tainungs for the U.S. market, but production has gone down significantly since then, explained Ocampo. There is not a lot of land available in Belize for papayas because Belize has already been the biggest producer for the last 20 or 30 years. They ran out of land, and then labor costs are higher than in neighboring countries. But with Belize growing less fruit, Guatemala has picked up that slack, and now G