Madam Justina Owusu-Banahene, the Bono Regional Minister, has cautioned unemployed youth against rural-urban migration and urged them to engage in commercial farming to better their lot.  Â
Farming, she said, might seem difficult but remained a lucrative economic activity that they could engage in for enhanced socio-economic livelihoods.   Â
She said rural-urban drift had caused many unsuspecting youth to get entangled in social vices and consequently ruined their future.   Â
Madam Owusu-Banahene gave the advice when she presented nine rice harvester machines to three farmer groups at Atronie, a farming community in the Sunyani Municipality.   Â
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The beneficiaries are Success Women Rice Association, ‘Twere Nyame’ Women Rice Association, and ‘Amama Mma’ Rice Group.     Â
She said government had prioritised agriculture and was doing everything possible to make the sector attractive to the youth.   Â
Madam Owusu-Banahene advised farmers to unite and form cooperatives to obtain government support and entreated the beneficiaries to ensure proper maintenance of the machines.   Â
Mr John Ofosu Denkyira, the Sunyani Municipal Director of Agriculture, assured of the Directorate’s commitment to assist farmers with the requisite technical knowledge to enable them to increase productivity.