AN OVERVIEW AND ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF THE INDEGENEOUS BROWN SUGAR PROCESSING PLANT AT SARA, NIGERIA

Abstract

An indegeneous 10 tons per day cane crushing capacity Brown Sugar Processing plant was designed and fabricated by the National Cereals Research Institute, Badeggi for the Jigawa State Government in Nigeria. The plant which was installed at Sara has two (2) cane Juice extractors, two (2) sets of evaporation system, one (1) crystalizer, one (1) centrifuge and one (1) dryer. The product of the factory was found to be very acceptable by Consumers. Economically, the plant was assessed to be viable as the net profit after tax rises from 5.1% in the second year to 34% in the fifth year. The payback period of the plant is four (4) years while the sensitivity analysis assuming an unexpected 5% rise in production cost shows favourable result.