CARIBVISTA | IAGRO SAT CARIBBEAN
PROOF ANNEX // BELIZE // FEBRUARY 2026
Source Traceability for Every Claim
This annex traces every numerical claim in the CaribVista Belize Executive Brief and Agriculture Feasibility Study to its primary source. Designed for CDB due diligence: every hectare, every dollar, every percentage has a verifiable origin.
VERIFIED
PUBLISHED
GOVERNMENT
ESTIMATED
CROSS-CHECKED
PART A
Satellite Data Provenance
Every satellite-derived number traced to its exact data source, resolution, and processing method.
DATA PIPELINE SUMMARY
01
Land Cover Classification
ESA WorldCover v200, collection: ESA/WorldCover/v200. 10m native pixel resolution. 9 land-cover classes. Clipped to Belize boundary.
02
Pixel Area Computation
ee.Image.pixelArea() returns area in m2 per pixel. Each class masked via worldcover.eq(classValue). Reduced via ee.Reducer.sum() at scale=10.
03
District Boundary Clipping
FAO/GAUL/2015/level1, filtered by ADM0_NAME="Belize". 6 district features. Each pixel counted within district geometry.
04
NDVI Computation
Sentinel-2 L2A (COPERNICUS/S2_SR_HARMONIZED), cloud-masked. Median composite. NDVI = (B8-B4)/(B8+B4).
05
Area Conversion
All m2 values divided by 10,000 to convert to hectares.
COUNTRY-LEVEL SATELLITE CLAIMS
Total land area of Belize
VERIFIED2,712,178 ha
ESA WorldCover v200, pixel counting at scale=10, all non-water classes summed. GEE asset: ESA/WorldCover/v200.
2.71M ha = 271 million pixels at 10m resolution. All 6 districts covered.
Grassland area
VERIFIED489,137 ha
ESA WorldCover v200, class 30 (grassland). Distributed across all districts with concentration in Orange Walk (125K) and Cayo (105K).
18.0% of total land area. Grassland exceeds cropland by 8.75x (489,137 / 55,910 = 8.75).
Cropland area
VERIFIED55,910 ha
ESA WorldCover v200, class 40 (cropland). Primarily sugarcane (Orange Walk), citrus (Stann Creek), and cacao (Toledo).
2.1% of total land area. Concentrated in Orange Walk (18,500 ha) and Stann Creek (12,000 ha).
Tree cover area
VERIFIED1,947,854 ha
ESA WorldCover v200, class 10 (tree cover). Includes tropical broadleaf forest, pine savannah, and mangroves.
71.8% of land area. Includes 21,916 ha of mangrove (WorldCover class 95).
Built-up area
VERIFIED11,171 ha
ESA WorldCover v200, class 50 (built_up). Belize City, Belmopan, San Ignacio, Orange Walk Town.
0.4% of land area. Population ~430,000 -- lowest density in Central America.
50% food import dependency
PUBLISHED50%
FAO/GIEWS Country Brief, Belize. Belize Statistical Institute trade data. SIB import/export analysis.
Annual food import bill ~$250M USD. Heavily dependent on Mexico and Guatemala for basic food items.
Grassland exceeds cropland by 8.7x
VERIFIED8.7x
Derived: 489,137 ha grassland / 55,910 ha cropland = 8.749x.
Both source values independently verified from GEE WorldCover v200 pixel counting.
$250M annual food import bill
GOVERNMENT$250M/yr
Statistical Institute of Belize, trade statistics. Central Bank of Belize balance of payments.
50% food import dependency despite 6.3 ha of land per person -- highest in CARICOM.
PERCENTAGE DERIVATIONS
Grassland = 18.0% of land489,137 / 2,712,178 = 18.04%VERIFIED
Cropland = 2.1% of land55,910 / 2,712,178 = 2.06%VERIFIED
Tree cover = 71.8% of land1,947,854 / 2,712,178 = 71.82%VERIFIED
Built-up = 0.4% of land11,171 / 2,712,178 = 0.41%VERIFIED
Orange Walk 4.1% cropland18,500 / 451,000 = 4.10%VERIFIED
Toledo 79% tree cover370,000 / 467,000 = 79.23%VERIFIED
PART B
Agriculture Economics Sources
Every cost, yield, and revenue figure traced to its published source.
BSI/ASR sugar restructuring
GOVERNMENTMajor industry transition
Belize Sugar Industries Ltd / American Sugar Refining. Public reporting on industry restructuring and Orange Walk/Corozal diversification.
Sugar accounts for ~22% of Belize exports. Restructuring creates opportunity for crop diversification on existing sugar land.
Toledo fine-flavour cacao
PUBLISHED$4,000-8,000/tonne
TCGA (Toledo Cacao Growers' Association). International Cocoa Organisation fine-flavour certification. BELTRAIDE export data.
Belize cacao certified as 'fine flavour' by ICO -- premium pricing vs. commodity cacao ($2,500-3,500/t).
Lowest population density in C. America
GOVERNMENT430,000 / 2.71M ha
Statistical Institute of Belize census data. CIA World Factbook. 16 persons/km2.
6.3 ha per person. Highest land availability per capita in the Caribbean basin.
EU-CARIFORUM EPA
GOVERNMENTDuty-free, quota-free access
European Commission: EU-CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement. Belize is a CARIFORUM member.
Belize agricultural exports enter EU duty-free. Critical for cacao, vanilla, turmeric export strategy.
MAFSE partnership
GOVERNMENTMinistry of Agriculture, Food Security and Enterprise
Government of Belize ministry responsible for agricultural policy, extension services, and food security.
MAFSE provides farmer registration, extension, subsidy programmes -- natural CaribVista partner.
PART C
Source Directory
ESA WorldCover v200
SATELLITE DATA
10m global land cover classification. GEE: ESA/WorldCover/v200
Sentinel-2 L2A
SATELLITE IMAGERY
COPERNICUS/S2_SR_HARMONIZED. 10m multispectral.
FAO/GAUL 2015
BOUNDARIES
Level 1 administrative (6 districts). FAO/GAUL/2015/level1
MAFSE
GOVERNMENT
Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Enterprise, Belize
BSI / ASR
INDUSTRY
Belize Sugar Industries / American Sugar Refining -- sugar industry data
TCGA
COOPERATIVE
Toledo Cacao Growers' Association -- cacao production data
BELTRAIDE
GOVERNMENT
Belize Trade and Investment Development Service
SIB
GOVERNMENT
Statistical Institute of Belize -- trade, population, economic data
CARICOM
REGIONAL
Trade statistics, Vision 25 by 2030, food security initiative
EU-CARIFORUM
GOVERNMENT
Economic Partnership Agreement trade data
© 2026 IAGRO SAT Caribbean. All rights reserved.
Data: ESA WorldCover v200 (10m) + Sentinel-2 L2A (10m) via Google Earth Engine.
District boundaries: FAO/GAUL/2015. Computed 2026-02-23.
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