Local Tourists Laud B-BOVID Farms for Practicing New Agric Module.

A local tourist who has been visiting B-BOVID farms which are located at Angu in the Shama District of the Western Region, as part of this year's farmers' day activities has commended Issa Ouedraogo, a socially inclusive entrepreneur for using a new module of Agriculture to change an age-old narrative in farming practices.

They believe the government of Ghana should work closely with the entrepreneur to expand the scope of his business and ideas to benefit more Ghanaians in farming. 

Speaking in an interview with journalists, Edward Tei Sarpong,  Coordinator of Good Governance Africa, an established Non-Governmental Organization operating in the Western Region that took over hundred school pupils to B-BOVID farms,  expressed satisfaction about the impact of the new module of Agriculture being used by the entrepreneur to inform farmers to reform and transform their activities.

This new socially inclusive module of farming, he noted would keep the farmers active, proactive and productive to get better returns in their production. 

What we have been doing with B-BOVID in the last seven years, is to introduce people to his new concept of farming geared towards training farmers on sustainable Agriculture.

He explained that the reason for the NGO marrying governance with tourism and farming, was to promote Agriculture, It is an aspect of our lives that borders on our existence and sustenance.

Other visitors who watched the amazing things being done by the entrepreneur noted that "this is a Ghanaian who grew up as an orphan, God being so good to him, he had been able to educate himself and ended up with good jobs outside of the country.

He also has worked with international organizations and was one of the people who was spearheading the Poverty Strategy Peer Person and also worked at the Millennium Development Goals.

He was earning over 120,000 dollars a year, decided to use his own money 800,000 dollars plus a loan of 1.7 million dollars, brought it from outside and which was supposed to have been given to him at 5%, but ADB gave it to him at side plan of 33%.

Nevertheless, he still had hope and wanted to prove to the world and Ghanaians that Agriculture remains the cornerstone of our economic development. 

Listening to the struggle of the farmer and how he managed to turn things around, Kwame Frazier, one of the visitors to the B-BOVID farms said, He set up a social enterprise and set up an ICT centre for farmers which remains the only one in the country,  a mechanization centre,  an alternative livelihood centre and a factory to operate as a socially inclusive business with profit sharing and shared value as a centre of that business and it's working. 

Aside from that, he created a 15-acre ecological biodiversity garden which he ironically named it garden of Eden. He set up 3 big dams, to demonstrate climate-smart and agricultural technology for future farming. 

He also created ecological and agro-forestry with vegetables and other products in it. He deserves to be celebrated, encouraged, and supported and should not be left to a few,  wicked people who claim to be social impact investors who by the way wanted to use this man's credit, achievements and credentials to seek glory outside Africa.

It is unfortunate, that even renowned lawyers in this country will support this fake investor who has recruited the same person's staff to tarnish his image, creating fake names on the internet, and on social media to tarnish his image and insult him. Ghanaians must not sit down to look at this happening. 

His garden of Eden, ecological biodiversity garden, climate-smart technology, or the innovation centre, the agro-forestry, the tourists observed, remains unique in this country, that students, farmers, and tourists can enjoy or benefit from that, including universities and researchers at Center for Scientific Research, CSR to use his place as a centre for research.

The visitors appealed to the government to support his activities and take concrete steps to investigate issues troubling the operations of the entrepreneur.

This is the person to be disgraced, to be dragged into the dirt by jealous, greedy selfish individuals as well as lawyers, staff and individuals in this country. So the Ghana government must look into that whether it is the NIB, CHRAJ or any relevant authority,  the media. They should wake up and show interest in this company and find out exactly what is happening.

He is also ready to even borrow money to pay independent auditors to verify how these fake investors came along and the things they did if it is in line with international reclamations on how to acquire or be a partner of social impact investors. This is a challenge that the Ghanaian public has to show interest in. 

In terms of evidence, they said, setups are all there for people to see and the achievements he has chocked. 

In the very difficult terrain in Ghana, the entrepreneur still managed to prove to the nation that it is possible and therefore seeks national authorities' support to end this issue.

Story by Opamago Paparichy.