DEPARTMENT OF COOPERAT IVES

2013/2014

LISTING OF

COOPERATIVE

SOCIETIES OF BELIZE

A co-operative is an autonomous association of per-

sons united voluntarily to meet their common economic,

social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a

jointly-owned and democratically-controlled enterprise.

Co-operatives are enterprises that put people at the

center of their business rather than capital. Co-

operatives, as business enterprises can be defined in

terms of three basic interests: ownership, control, and

beneficiary. Only in the co-operative enterprise are all

three interests vested directly in the hands of the user.

Co-operatives put people at the heart of all their busi-

ness. They follow a broader set of values than those

associated purely with making a profit. Because co-

operatives are owned and democratically-controlled by

their members (individuals or groups and even capital

enterprises) the decisions taken by co-operatives bal-

ance the need for profitability with the needs of their

members and the wider interests of the community.

In Belize the cooperative movement started in the

1940s. Today there are cooperative societies engaged

in the various economic sectors. This publication is a

listing of cooperative societies and the sectors in which

they are engaged.

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BELIZE DISTRICT

CAYO DISTRICT

COROZAL DISTRICT

Maskall Agriculture Farmers Cooperative

Maskall Village

BELRIV Livestock Farmers Cooperative

Double Head Cabbage Village

Rockstone Farmers pre-Cooperative

Rockstone Community

Los Pequenos Agricultores & Ganadores Cooperative

Naggu Bank Community, Maskall Village

San Antonio Peanuts & Grains Producers Cooperative

San Antonio Village

Los Buenos Aires Farmers Pre-Cooperative

Los Tambos Village

Santa Familia Grains, Vegetables & Legumes

Santa Familia Village

Maya Green Growers Pre-Cooperative (Organics)

San Antonio Village

Sarteneja Farmers’ Cooperative Sarteneja Village

Patchakan Farmers Cooperative Patchakan Village

Xaibe Green Growers Cooperative

Xaibe Village

A G R I C U L T U R E Page 2

ORANGE WALK DISTRICT

STANN CREEK DISTRICT

TOLEDO DISTRICT

Yo Creek Farmers Cooperative Yo Creek Village

Yo Creek Agro Producers Cooperative

Yo Creek Village

August Pine Ridge Famers Cooperative

August Pine Ridge Village

Golden Crop Famers Cooperative

Shipyard Village

New Rivers Farmers Cooperative

San Carlos Village

Chan Pine Ridge Farmers Pre- Cooperative

Chan Pine Ridge Village

Hopkins Farmers Cooperative Hopkins Village

Chutamil Farmers Cooperative Indian Creek Village

Green Creek Farmers Cooperative

San Jose Village

Buenos Amigos Cooperative Trio Village

Aguacate Farmers Cooperative Aguacate Village

Big Falls Farmers Cooperative Big Falls Village

El Paraiso Farmers Cooperative Trio Village

A G R O - P R O C E S S I N G Page 3

CAYO DISTRICT

COROZAL DISTRICT

ORANGE WALK DISTRICT

Osh Mul Kah Agro-Processors Youth Cooperative

San AntonioVillage

Western Women Agro-processors San Ignacio Town

Corozal Progressive Women’s Project

Corozal Town

Greenhouse Women's Pre-Cooperative

Orange Walk Town

Santa Cruz Women’s Pre-Cooperative

Santz Cruz Village

Nutri-Soya Women’s Trial Farm Village

F I S H I N G & M A R I N E

P R O D U C T S

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BELIZE DISTRICT

STANN CREEK DISTRICT

TOLEDO DISTRICT

Belize National Tilapia Small Farmers Cooperative

Lucky Strike Village

National Fishermen Cooperative

Angel Lane, Belize City

Northern Fishermen Cooperative

North Front Street, Belize City

Placencia Producers Cooperative

Placencia Village

Rio Grande Fishermen Cooperative

Punta Gorda Town

T R A N S P O R T A T I O N Page 5

BELIZE DISTRICT

CAYO DISTRICT

ORANGE WALK DISTRICT

Bus Terminal Taxi Cooperative E Collet Canal, Belize City

Pound Yard Taxi Cooperative Cemetery Road, Belize City

First Stop Taxi Cooperative Cenetery Road, Belize City

Belcan Taxi Cooperative San Cas Plaza, Belize City

Downtown Taxi Cooperative Treasury Lane, Belize City

Belize Bus Owners Cooperative Benque Viejo, Cayo

Maya Line Taxi Cooperative Western Border, Cayo

Savannah Taxi Cooperative San Ignacio, Cayo

San Ignacio Hospital Taxi Pre-Cooperative

San Ignacio Hospital

Premier Taxi Pre-Cooperative Orange Walk Town

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HONEY/BEEKEEPING CAYO DISTRICT

COROZAL DISTRICT

TOURISM SERVICES STANN CREEK

CRAFTS CAYO DISTRICT

LUMBER TOLEDO DISTRICT

Cayo Quality Honey Producers Central Farm

Northern Beekeepers Cooperative

Progreso Village

Placencia Tour Guide Cooerative Placencia Village

Sandy Beach Women’s Cooperative (Motel & Restaurant)

Hopkins Village

San Antonio Women's Pre-Cooperative

San Antonio Village

Western Leather Cooperative Santa Elena Town

Forest Wood Farmers Cooperative Midway Village

O T H E R S Page 7

CONSUMER CAYO DISTRICT

TOLEDO DISTRICT

MONEY EXCHANGE COROZAL DISTRICT

RESTAURANT SERVICES TOLEDO DISTRICT

Cooperativa De El Servicios Valley of Peace

Maya Fresh Water Cooperative Eldridge Village

Marigold Women’s Cooperative Indian Creek Village

Northern Peseros Cooperative Santa Elena /Northern Border

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The Department of Cooperatives currently falls under the portfolio of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Agriculture. It has offices in all districts. Belmopan Tel: 802-4044 Fax: 802-0536 Belize City Tel: 203-2842 Central Farm Tel: 804-2191 Corozal Town Tel: 402-2297 Orange Walk Town Tel: 302-2179 Dangriga Tel: 502-2104 Punta Gorda Tel: 702-2689

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