By Tom Garba, Yola and Abubakar Mohammed
The National Sugar
Development Council has registered and supported 256 sugar cane out
grower farmers in Adamawa.
Malam Sule
Tambaya the North East Liaison officer of the council made this known in Yola
on Sunday.
Tambaya said that
the development followed the successful implementation of the National
Sugar Development Programme. “National Sugar Development Council has
successfully registered and supported 256 sugar cane out grower farmers in
Adamawa; and the aim of the project is to boost national sugar
production." he said.
The liaison officer
confirmed that presently, 90 per cent of sugar consumed in Nigeria is being
imported.
He further
explained that under the scheme, the out growers were targeted to
provide 40 per cent of total sugar cane demand to Savannah Sugar factory.
Tambaya said the
council is doing everything possible to boost sugar production in the country.
Mr. Godwin Sule, the
state out growers’ manager expressed satisfaction over the Federal
Government Sugar Scheme.
Sule, a staff of
Savannah sugar of. Dangote Group of Company said the company also supports
farmers with improved variety cane seedlings." Savannah sugar on its part
supported the sugarcane out growers with seedlings, prepared lands, fertilizers
and other agricultural inputs at subsidized rate, while the farmers paid
back the incentive with row sugar cane." Sule said.
Sule observed that
due to smooth implementation of the scheme, thousands of farmers were
eager to be registered into the programme.
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