Stonebwoy woos youth into cocoa farming 

BET Nominee and 2015 VGMA artiste of the year, Livingstone Etse Satekla, known in showbiz as Stonebwoy, is rallying young people across the country to go into the production of cocoa as a means of earning a decent livelihood for themselves.  

According to the Dancehall sensation, the cocoa sector which is one of the biggest exports earners of Ghana, risks extinction due to the aging numbers of farmers, hence the need to whip up the interest of the youth to take up the venture. 

He was speaking to journalists at a durbar at Akorme-Gbota in the Ho West district of the Volta region, where he interacted with beneficiaries of MASO.  

MASO is an initiative of Solidaridad aimed at empowering and grooming young people between the ages of 18-25 years in cocoa growing communities to make the cultivation of the cash crop, an economic career choice.  

Stonebwoy who is the MASO ambassador said it behooves the youth to sustain the ancient legacy, through the use of technological innovations to transform the cocoa sector, which would among other things, curb the increasing Rural-Urban drift. 

The MASO initiative, which is a 5-year project, engages about 4,700 young people in selected districts across five regions of Ghana including the Hohoe municipality, Ho West and Afadjato South districts in the Volta Region. 

SOURCE: starrFMonline