Mauritius: Budget 2018-2019 Enunciates Measures to Strengthen the Agricultural Sector

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Budget 2018-2019 aims at fostering a new wave of import substitution industry and reviving export-led production, which are essential not only to boost private investment and generate jobs but also to reduce the country's trade and current account deficits.

The Budget underlines Government's objective of ushering in a new era of import substitution wherein focus will be on the production of food crops. In this context, provision has been made for the implementation of a Sheltered Farming Scheme which provides for the setting up of 100 farms over the next two years. Moreover, the Budget enunciates the elaboration of a Mini Sheltered Farming Scheme serving to promote micro gardens, vertical agriculture and roof top gardening, under which, a grant of up to Rs 10 000 will be given to eligible families.

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