Agona Swedru (Central Region) 23 Sept. Thirty staff of the Agona District Secretariat of the National Mobilization Programme have been educated to become trainers of trainees in the bee-keeping industry. The participants are to impart their knowledge to interested bee-keepers in the rural areas of the Agona west district. Addressing them, Mr. Samuel Oppong, president of the West African Bee Keeping Association, stressed that the country would derive maximum profit from exportation of honey if more people would go into the industry. Mr. Oppong, MP for Agona west, urged Ghanaians to adopt scientific methods of bee-keeping and refrain from honey hunting which undermines production. Mr. Ken Amoah-Botchwey, a bee-keeping consultant, said Ghana loses millions of dollars in the preparation of bee wax. He, therefore, urged Ghanaians not to take bee-keeping as a hobby but as a profession since it has the potential of earning foreign exchange for the country. Mr. E.A. Amarteifio, the Agona District Liaison Officer, called on the mobisquad staff to link bee-keepers they would train to NGO's to enable them to derive maximum benefit from their expertise.
Agona Swedru (Central Region) 23 Sept. Thirty staff of the Agona District Secretariat of the National Mobilization Programme have been educated to become trainers of trainees in the bee-keeping industry. The participants are to impart their knowledge to interested bee-keepers in the rural areas of the Agona west district. Addressing them, Mr. Samuel Oppong, president of the West African Bee Keeping Association, stressed that the country would derive maximum profit from exportation of honey if more people would go into the industry. Mr. Oppong, MP for Agona west, urged Ghanaians to adopt scientific methods of bee-keeping and refrain from honey hunting which undermines production. Mr. Ken Amoah-Botchwey, a bee-keeping consultant, said Ghana loses millions of dollars in the preparation of bee wax. He, therefore, urged Ghanaians not to take bee-keeping as a hobby but as a profession since it has the potential of earning foreign exchange for the country. Mr. E.A. Amarteifio, the Agona District Liaison Officer, called on the mobisquad staff to link bee-keepers they would train to NGO's to enable them to derive maximum benefit from their expertise.
