Objectives of the Institute

The objectives of the Institute include the following– (a) research, develop, and adopt technological innovations and production options for the benefit of the sugar industry; (b) teach and train cane farmers in all aspects relating to the sugar cane culture and utilisation and to promote value added and technological within the (c) assisting the manufacturers, the Association, and cane in organising and coordinating technical activities, and in analysing the effects and implications of present and future sugar industry macro- policies; (d) performing periodic industry programme reviews and in this respect drafting applicable plans of action for implementation by relevant entities within the industry; (e) developing project proposals to expand or strengthen the industry, and submitting such proposals for funding by the Association, manufacturers, the Government or other funding agencies within and without Belize; (f) collecting, on a continuous basis, data on all aspects of the sugar industry, and developing from such data a reliable sugar industry data base to be used in providing the industry with timely and reliable information necessary for the efficient and sustainable management of (g) submitting to the Board of Directors, within such time as may be directed from time to time by the Board of directors, an annual technical report on the activities of the Institute, indicating the Institute’s major achievements and short falls within the preceding year, and shortfalls within the preceding year, and the Institutes plans of activities for the following year; (h) submitting to the Board of Directors, within two months of the end of each financial year, a statement of the accounts of the Institute, prepared by an independent certified auditor approved by the Board of Directors; (i) conducting, in each year, a formal review and planning meeting open to all persons in the sugar industry, and carrying out, after every three years, an external programme review with all persons in the sugar industry to assess the Institute’s achievements and failures during the preceding three years; (j) preparing and publishing scientific and technical papers relevant to the sugar industry Sugar Industry Act 29 of sufficiently high standards to enable the Institute to obtain both local and international repute and creditability as a research institute of outstanding quality; (k) establishing zones in each district where sugar cane is grown for the delivery to manufacturers, and setting up in each zone a Farmers Service Centre staffed by cane agronomists and extension officers charged with the responsibility of training farmers in the zone in the culture and management of sugar cane in order to improve efficiency in sugar cane production; and (l) generally doing all such other things as may be necessary for the full attainment of its