MasterCard Foundation/GEA present piglets to more farmers in Berekum West 

Mr Dickson Kyere-Duah, the Member of Parliament for Berekum West in the Bono Region has launched the implementation of the ‘Business-in-a Box’ (BizBox) project to push the growth of the piggery sector in the area. 
 
Mastercard Foundation, in collaboration with the Ghana Enterprise Agency (GEA) is implementing the project which always sought to make piggery more attractive for the unemployed youth in the constituency. 
 
Under the project, the MP presented 76 piglets and other start-up kits to 39 farmers, mostly women to begin their economic venture. 
 
At a short ceremony at Jinijini, Mr Kyere-Duah reaffirmed the government’s commitment to promote agribusiness and also to boost the livestock industry for job creation and poverty reduction. 
 
He highlighted the huge economic prospects of farming, saying the venture remained a lucrative enterprise and urged the unemployed youth in the area to leverage that, find decent jobs for themselves and to enhance their socio-economic livelihoods. 
 
Mr Kyere-Duah said it was untrue that farming was a reserve for the poor and urged the youth to engage in farming and to woo government support. 
 
Mr Collins Asomah, the Berekum West District Chief Executive, commended the government for its efforts to advance the agri-business sector and assured the assembly’s readiness to support the beneficiaries and to improve their economic activities. 
 
He noted that many of the interested farmers would also benefit from the project depending on the outcome of the first beneficiaries and asked them to take their businesses seriously to derive the maximum benefit. 
 
Mr Asomah said the district had huge prospects in the agriculture sector, saying 76 percent of the people were into agriculture, and urged them to also engage in mushroom production and grasscutter rearing. 
 
Ms Elizabeth Benewaa, one of the beneficiaries, thanked the government for the project and expressed the hope that most farmers would also benefit from the opportunity.