{"id":445461,"date":"2017-12-10T04:00:40","date_gmt":"2017-12-10T04:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/10\/b-bovid-ceo-wins-best-western-regional-farmer-award-again\/"},"modified":"2017-12-10T04:00:40","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T04:00:40","slug":"b-bovid-ceo-wins-best-western-regional-farmer-award-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/10\/b-bovid-ceo-wins-best-western-regional-farmer-award-again\/","title":{"rendered":"B-BOVID CEO wins Best Western Regional Farmer award again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Sunday, 10 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-10<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20983450.295.jpg\" alt=\"Issa Kumasi\" title=\"Issa Kumasi\" width=\"295\" height=\"157\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Issa Ouedraogo picking his award at the Farmers&#8217; Day in Kumasi<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512878440_475_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Issa Ouedraogo, Chief Executive Officer of B-BOVID, a Ghanaian innovative agribusiness based in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region, has for the second time been named as the Best Farmer in the Western Region.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ouedraogo got the recognition at the 2017 Farmers\u2019 Day event held in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region.<\/p>\n<p>For his prize, Mr. Ouedraogo received a tricycle, a certificate, fertilizer, chemical, watering can and other items. Issa Ouedraogo won the same award at the regional celebration of the farmers\u2019 day event in the Western Region in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>His innovative agribusiness, which provides mechanization support and advisory services to farmers, trains farmers through ICT in agriculture, supplies organic fertilizer, offers practical training on alternative livelihood for persons in agriculture, and develops high yield pest resistant seedlings among others, employs about 60 people directly, and about 200 indirectly.<\/p>\n<p><b>B-BOVID CEO named 2016 Chamber Businessman<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Few days to the National Farmers\u2019 Day celebration, Mr. Ouedraogo was crowned as the Chamber Businessman of the year 2016, at maiden Chamber Business Awards by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Awards.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe maiden awards ceremony held at the State Banquet was to celebrate the finest of businesses that have demonstrated excellence in leadership and innovation in contributing to the socio-economic development of the country.<\/p>\n<p><b>About B-BOVID<\/b><\/p>\n<p>B-BOVID promotes sound agricultural practices and ecological farming, and offers training to farmers on variety of improved agricultural methods.<\/p>\n<p>It also organizes community outreach programmes to encourage small holder farmers to adopt modern technology, promotes healthy lifestyles and nutrition, and educates farming communities on the impact of climate change and land degradation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/63723778.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Currently, the World Bank has selected B-BOVID as one of the model farms in the country to be promoted as the ideal farming model that other farmers could tap in to empower themselves and change their fortunes.<\/p>\n<p><b>B-BOVID wins prestigious UN award<\/b><\/p>\n<p>B-BOVID\u2019s model has received several commendations and recognition both locally and internationally, including the United Nations (UN). In 2012, B-BOVID, won the UN\u2019s Social Investment Pioneer Award along with nine other businesses from around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The awards were given in recognition of the companies\u2019 outstanding contributions to local community development. 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