Story by: Elizabeth Frimpong
Mr. Reindolf Amoaning, Head of Business Advisory Center (BAC), has disclosed to the Mobilizing Action Towards Agricultural Sector Improvement (MAASI) Project team that they will attend to the challenges of bee keepers in the Yilo Krobo and Asuogyaman Municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana on Tuesday March 15, 2016 during the Rite 90.1 FM/USAID Funded radio program ‘’FEED THE FUTURE PLATFORM’’
There are two major challenges in the bee keeping industry, are; inadequate capital and lack of marketing techniques however their center believes the call by Rite 90.1 FM is in the right direction hence they will support bee keepers in Asuogyaman and Yilo Assemblies.
According to him, most of the bee keepers don’t have the knowledge and the skills to operate the business so their center acts as their facilitators. BAC invites resource persons to train and educate them. He added that, their center also provide financial support to small scale enterprises.
Those interested in the bee keeping business can access up to $6000 as start up kits and also be lead to the banks for loans with a flexible repayment plan. He advised the bee keepers to ensure they register their business which is a prerequisite for support.
According to Mr. Owusu Ansah, Head of Business Advisory Center at Auogyaman District assembly, the rural Enterprise is an initiative of the government of Ghana to reduce poverty in the rural communities everywhere. He said ‘’our goal is to help each citizen to progress in his or her life and our aim is to expand the businesses of those already in the business by giving them training and education’’.
Source: ritefmonline.org.
