An agriculture firm owner leads the way in ecotourism

A Ghanaian firm that is promoting a new model of agriculture, B-BOVID, is on a campaign to reshape the mindset of Ghanaians towards farming and the benefits it holds for national development.

The company has thus taken the lead in Ecotourism with many Ghanaians including school children visiting its 400-acre farmland which has many varieties of crops and animals. In addition to this, it has reintroduced the school gardening concept in collaboration with the Australian Embassy in Ghana.

B-BOVID seeks to promote sustainable agriculture, food security, and eliminate poverty amongst farmers. It is also committed to ensure climate smart agriculture in line with FAO’s agenda on sustainable agriculture policy.

Mr. Issa Ouedraogo, Founder and Chief Executive of B-BOVID, said it is worrying that farmers continue to swim in abject poverty despite their enormous contribution to the society, adding Ghana has a super weather and soil which should enable the country to become food sufficient. 

He asked farmers to interplant their crops with trees in an effort to combat Climate Change, adding the effects of Climate Change on livelihoods was dire, explaining that it could cause food insecurity and poverty, hence the need for the rural farmer to be empowered to use climate smart agriculture responses.

He said the company is sensitizing indigenous farmers through simple technology, demonstration farms, and other training programs to encourage organic agriculture and aquaculture.

B-BOVID also offers corporate bodies, research and social institutions including orphanages, and the physically challenged an exciting excursion to its facility.

The facility has space for horse and donkey riding, fishing, different species of animals, and many more recreational activities to learn about nature.

They also have an ICT training centre for farmers, organic vegetable demonstration farms, cassava, eco-garden, rubber nursery, oil palm plantation, palm oil, and palm kernel processing mills and an organic restaurant.

B-BOVID in 2012 won a Social Investment Pioneer Award of the UN along with nine other businesses from around the world.

The awards were given in recognition of the companies’ outstanding contributions to local community development. It has won several awards locally and globally.