Ghana: Take advantage backyard farming to own an agribusiness

Published 2021년 12월 22일

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Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, the MP for Klotey Korle Constituency, has urged the youth to explore backyard farming as a means to establish their own agribusinesses, highlighting examples like snail rearing, mushroom farming, and rabbit keeping that don't need large spaces. This initiative, known as the National Agricultural Capacity Building and Business Set-up Roadshow (NAGRICA), was designed to economically empower youth by providing training in agricultural activities and creating job opportunities. During a three-day event that saw around 150 youth from Greater Accra receiving training in snail, rabbit, and mushroom cultivation, each participant received a certificate and a starter-pack to launch their businesses. The program aims to address unemployment by integrating agriculture and agri-business, with a mobile application being developed to facilitate information sharing among participants. Additionally, products from the program will be purchased by off-takers to ensure marketing success for the beneficiaries.
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The youth must take advantage of backyard farming to enter into agriculture and create their own agribusiness, Member of Parliament for Klotey Korle Constituency, Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, has said. She said snail rearing, mushroom farming and rabbit keeping did not require huge tract of land to start a business venture from them. Dr Zanetor disclosed this during the closing ceremony of the National Agricultural Capacity Building and Business Set-up Roadshow (NAGRICA) which started on Friday and ended last Saturday. She said the youth must discard the perception that agriculture required huge tract of land to engage in. "This is the reason why we started with the snail, rabbit and mushroom train under NAGRICA training to drum home the point that one does not need a large tract of land to engage in agriculture," she said. Tagged "It is Possible," the programme is an initiative of Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, and implemented by Agrihouse Foundation, a non-governmental ...
Source: All Africa

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