Duties and functions of Committee

It shall be the duty of the Committee, within the limits of its resources, to, (a) represent the interest of all papaya producers at the national and international levels; (b) promote, protect and regulate the growing of papayas for the export market; (c) extend and promote the welfare of the papaya industry in Belize; 10 (d) provide growers with agricultural services when the Association considers it in the interest of growers to do so; (e) foster and encourage the growing of papayas by growers; and (f) make loans to papaya growers who may require loans to work their papaya cultivation, and to borrow money for the purpose of making such loans.