Ghanaian hiplife artiste Kwaw Kese has revealed plans to venture into poultry farming, saying he hopes to benefit from the government’s Nkokor Nketenkete initiative.

Speaking on Daybreak Hitz with Kwame Dadzie and Doreen Avio, the rapper said he wants to expand his business interests beyond music.

“I do maize and cassava farming. I am ready to jump into the ‘nkokor nketenkete’ to start a poultry farm, so the government can help me,” he said.

Kwaw Kese explained that surviving on music alone in Ghana is difficult, hence his decision to diversify. Apart from farming, he runs an automobile business and an eatery.

The Nkokor Nketenkete project is a government initiative under the Feed Ghana flagship programme. It aims to revive Ghana’s poultry industry by boosting local production of broiler chickens and eggs to reduce dependence on imports.

The initiative targets about 55,000 households to participate in egg and poultry production. The government plans to provide day-old chicks, battery cages, feed, vaccines and other essentials to households and small to medium-scale producers, along with technical support.

A pilot phase will begin in selected districts, including 12 in the Northern Region, before expanding nationwide.

The project also includes an “anchor farmers” component involving about 50 large or medium-scale commercial farmers, each expected to raise around 80,000 birds.

Its long-term goal is to produce enough poultry domestically to meet nearly all of Ghana’s demand within three years, cutting down the country’s heavy poultry import bill.