Adedeji, who spoke at news conference in Abuja on Tuesday, said 300,000 irrigated hectares of land needs to be cultivated to meet the two million metric tonnes of annual sugar consumption in the country.
“We need 300,000 hectares of land to satisfy two million metric tonnes. Netafim and Jain, those two are from India and are the best in irrigation in the world, will help us to handle the irrigation aspect of it.“We have doubled our capacity now because we are in the region of 3.8 million metric tonnes refining capacity. We have effectively stopped the importation of refined sugar into the country. We only import raw sugar that is now being refined in Nigeria.
Adedeji said the government has been creating a conducive environment for investors to operate in the industry because the commodity is a major export after rice, wheat, and petroleum.
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