06 Jan 2021

The Sugar Cane Growers Fund Board has reduced the interest rate for loan package from six to four percent for this year alone. SCGF Board Chief Executive, Raj Sharma says 265 loan applications valued at $239,000 have been approved as of yesterday.

06 Jan 2021

Over 160 cane farmers in TC Yasa affected areas have been assisted through the Disaster Rehabilitation Loan Package offered by the Sugar Cane Growers Fund. Fund Chief Executive, Raj Sharma says the package was activated a few days after the category ...

23 Dec 2020

Sugar cane growers affected by Tropical Cyclone Yasa in the Northern Division will be able to access the Disaster Rehabilitation Loan Package offered by the Sugar Cane Growers Fund. The SCGF has activated the TC Yasa Rehabilitation Loan Package effec ...

19 Oct 2020

 74-year-old sugarcane farmer from Ba who lost his three-bedroom home in a fire will soon be able to build a new house. Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama today handed over the bundled insurance scheme payment from Fiji Care to Ganeshwa of Natunu ...

19 Oct 2020

Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama today handed over the grant agreement of more than $300, 000 to the Sugarcane Growers Fund to fully cover the sugarcane farmers’ premium for their bundled insurance for the last six months of this year.

21 Sep 2020

The Prime Minister and Minister for Sugar Industry Voreqe Bainimarama has appointed Uday Sen as the chairman of Sugar Cane Growers Fund (SCGF). This is effective from January 19, 2020 for two years in accordance and pursuant with the amendment of the ...

21 Sep 2020

The Sugar Cane Growers Fund has offered loans and refunds to cane farmers as a form of assistance during the impending harvesting season. Fund chief executive officer Raj Sharma said the move was part of a pre-harvesting loan promotion to assist farm ...

21 Sep 2020

Farmers who produce less than 50 tonnes of sugar cane can now access loans of up to $5000 from the Sugar Cane Growers Fund (SCGF). Fund chief executive officer Raj Sharma said the initiative was being introduced to boost Government’s micro, small a ...

21 Sep 2020

The COVID-19 crisis has pushed an increasing number of working class people into cane farming. This was the word from Sugar Cane Growers Fund (SCGF) chief executive officer Raj Sharma. He said a lot of working class people had invested part of their ...

21 Sep 2020

Manoj Kumar, a sugarcane farmer who lost his left hand while operating a mechanical harvester, received a $3,000 cheque, before Christmas Day. The 43-year-old of Seaqaqa, Macuata Province received the cheque from the Sugar Cane Growers Fund, who gave ...