Oradara is a town in the province of Kénédougou, in the Hauts-Bassins region of western Burkina Faso. Nicknamed "The City of Orchards", Orodara is renowned for the diversity and abundance of its food crops.
This excursion to the town of Orodara is an invitation to discover it from another angle. From the Kourinion marsh to the pineapple plantation and citrus orchard, this immersion tour will help you discover the town's hidden treasures.
We'll also meet a number of agricultural entrepreneurs. Men and women who have succeeded in carving out a place for themselves in the demanding world of entrepreneurship.
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This excursion to the town of Orodara is an invitation to discover it from another angle. From the Kourinion marsh to the pineapple plantation and citrus orchard, this immersion tour will help you discover the town's hidden treasures.
We'll also meet a number of agricultural entrepreneurs. Men and women who have succeeded in carving out a place for themselves in the demanding world of entrepreneurship.
#AgribusinessTV #AgriExplorers #Oradara #BurkinaFaso
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00:00Music
00:29For this number of agri-explorers, I decided to go to Orodhara.
00:33Orodhara is a very beautiful locality where we have a very generous nature
00:38and a lot of agricultural activities are favorable there.
00:42And to lead this exploration well, I need to make the point of my material.
00:48I think I took the microphone and my camera.
00:53Tic-tac-tic-tac to take pictures.
00:56I don't forget my hat. Let's go!
01:00Music
01:19Admire with me the new landscape of the beautiful city of Sia.
01:24This infrastructure will relieve us of long waits
01:28because it is equipped with six passages that flow the traffic at this level.
01:33Music
01:39After more than six hours of driving, we finally arrived in Bogo du Lasso,
01:44the economic capital of Burkina Faso.
01:47Having lived here, I can guarantee you that it is a very beautiful city and a very welcoming city.
01:54Music
02:12Happy to embark with me on this bus that makes the Bogo du Lasso-Orodhara axis.
02:18Long more than 70 km, this national road number 8 is strongly degraded.
02:24So, hang on, it's going to shake!
02:28Music
02:36After nearly four hours of driving, I finally arrived in Orodhara.
02:41I can't wait to show you the agricultural wonders in the city of Vershi.
02:47Music
03:09Today, we have an appointment with a young entrepreneur from the locality of Orodhara.
03:14He goes by the name of Mathias Baro. He is no longer to be introduced.
03:18He is in the transformation of the cassava.
03:21Let's go and discover his unit of transformation.
03:25Music
03:30Hello, Mr. Baro!
03:31Hello!
03:32How are you?
03:33I'm fine, and you?
03:34Can we visit the unit of transformation?
03:35Yes, it's possible.
03:36Let's go!
03:37Music
03:51After peeling the cassava, this is where it is ground.
03:56The dough obtained will be used for the production of derived products such as tapioca, gari, plakali or tshiki.
04:06Music
04:10This is my first experience as a cassava transformer.
04:14I will mention it in my CV.
04:17In the meantime, I will talk to Mr. Baro to learn more about his activity.
04:23Music
04:27How did you start my reproduction?
04:30Since my birth, it is an activity that I learned.
04:36It is the transformation of cassava.
04:39So after the studies, I tried the competition, it did not work.
04:43So I said to myself, why not get into entrepreneurship, in an activity that I already master.
04:50Afterwards, when we finished building the unit, we did not have enough funds to make it work.
04:57So the competition is the raw material for me.
05:00She still takes the finished products of the Economic Reproduction Unit.
05:03She commercializes.
05:04We remove the money from the raw material that she bought, and then the benefits, I take that.
05:09So she accompanied me in this for two years.
05:13So until now, I too have my role.
05:16Tell me, what are the difficulties you encounter on a daily basis as an entrepreneur?
05:22Our major difficulty is the problem of funding.
05:27As you have noticed, it is a company that we have just set up not long ago.
05:32The activity that we carry out requires a lot of money.
05:35Yet we also employ more than 60 people.
05:39If we are not able to ask for funding, loans, work, we ask for guarantees.
05:46Naturally.
05:49This is our main problem.
05:53What have you been able to acquire thanks to your manual transformation activity?
05:58The machine that we used to be able to transform 4 tons per week was very, very difficult.
06:04But currently, we have up to 3 mills that are there.
06:08And these 3 mills have a production capacity of at least 5 tons per day.
06:12Wow.
06:13So Mr. Mathias, what do you think of entrepreneurship?
06:17Entrepreneurship is something that is not really simple.
06:21There are a lot, a lot, a lot of difficulties that we encounter as entrepreneurs.
06:26And as an entrepreneur, these difficulties must serve you as a lesson
06:32to be able to better succeed in your entrepreneurship activity.
06:41After production, this is where the packaging process of the finished product takes place,
06:46which will be put on the market.
06:48The packaging is attractive in any case.
06:53We now want to finish our visit to the Merveille Production company,
06:58which is a manual transformation unit.
07:01It's time to go and meet other entrepreneurs.
07:05Let's go.
07:07I am now taking you to Kourignon,
07:10an environmental village located about 15 kilometers from the city of Ouroudara.
07:16Always with my saponet hat, my faithful companion.
07:24We are going to meet Mr. Abou Akar Ouattara,
07:27head of the Ouattara Establishments and Brothers.
07:30He is the head of the Ouattara Establishments.
07:33He is the head of the Ouattara Establishments and Brothers.
07:36He specializes in the commercialization of cereal products.
07:41Hello.
07:42Where are you from?
07:43Asomoro.
07:44Mr. Ouattara.
07:45Yes.
07:46Where are you from?
07:47Bokai.
07:48Do you have children?
07:49No, I don't have children.
07:50I don't have children.
07:51I don't have children.
07:52When I was young, when I was young,
07:55I didn't have children.
07:57I didn't have children until I found myself in Marseille.
08:00Now I have children in Marseille.
08:02I travel to G confrontation,
08:05even when I have no children in Africa.
08:08They rob me wage earnings.
08:10I don't know what was happening.
08:12They tookER my children.
08:14I don't know what was happening.
08:16They tookER my children.
08:19You don't have children, right?
08:20You don't have children, right?
08:22No, we don't have children
08:24like this one here with us.
08:25one like this here with us.
08:28Men and women,
08:30I have a friend who works in the market, he is a partner of my friend.
08:39Okay, do you have any information about this woman?
08:44Yes, I do.
08:45Okay.
08:46Do you know her?
08:47No.
08:48Do you know her?
08:49Yes.
08:50Where is she from?
08:51Where is she from?
08:52Where is she from?
08:53Where is she from?
08:54Where is she from?
08:55Where is she from?
08:56Where is she from?
08:57Where is she from?
08:58Do you know her?
09:01No.
09:04Do you know her?
09:05No.
09:06Do you know her?
09:07No.
09:08Did you know?
09:09No.
09:10I'll go ask her if she is here.
09:13Okay, do you know her?
09:22No.
09:25Our exploration continues in the locality of Orodhara.
09:44This morning we are at the unit of transformation of Kene Nature, which is promoted by Mrs.
09:50Urukia Baro.
09:51Let's go to her meeting.
09:52Hello Mrs.
09:53Baro.
09:54Hello.
09:55How are you?
09:56I'm fine.
09:57And you?
09:58I'm fine too.
09:59Welcome.
10:01How are you at Kene Nature here?
10:02I'm fine at Kene Nature.
10:03Okay.
10:04We are here this morning to visit your unit of transformation.
10:05I'm very happy.
10:06I'm going to get rid of my shoes.
10:07Here we are at the conditioning of the unit of transformation of Kene Nature, which
10:08is promoted by Mrs.
10:09Urukia Baro.
10:10Let's go to her meeting.
10:11Hello Mrs.
10:12Baro.
10:13Hello.
10:14How are you?
10:15I'm fine.
10:16And you?
10:17I'm fine too.
10:19And you?
10:20I'm fine too.
10:22And you?
10:23I'm fine too.
10:25And you?
10:26I'm fine too.
10:28And you?
10:29I'm fine too.
10:31And you?
10:32I'm fine too.
10:34And you?
10:35I'm fine too.
10:37And you?
10:38I'm fine too.
10:40And you?
10:41I'm fine too.
10:43And you?
10:44I'm fine too.
10:46And you?
10:47I'm fine too.
10:49And you?
10:50I'm fine too.
10:52And you?
10:53I'm fine too.
15:39We are going to the Korean trainer's farm.
15:43Let's see if we can find something here.
16:06Good afternoon, Mister.
16:07Hello, how are you?
16:09I'm fine. Welcome.
16:11Thank you. You have a very beautiful farm.
16:13Thank you very much.
16:15What can we find in the orchard?
16:17In the orchard, we have a multitude of fruit trees that we have put in place.
16:22Mainly citrus trees, with varieties of tangelo, mandarin trees, and a few mango trees that you will find on site.
16:38Do you see this tree?
16:40I call it the tangelo.
16:42Its particularity is that it gives juicy, sweet fruits.
16:47It is also a variety that can give us two fruit trees per year.
16:53But it depends on the maintenance we give to the tree.
16:58The one you see here is about 10 years old.
17:03We planted it in 2014.
17:06We are now in the 10th year of planting.
17:09The orchard is growing.
17:12We are currently at the peak of production.
17:15Unfortunately, as you did not come to coincide with the fruits already in place.
17:21We are currently in the drying unit of the fruit and vegetables.
17:33Once the fruits are washed, we go to the PEC to know exactly how many products are going into the factory for processing.
17:43You see how the process continues.
17:46It's a whole chain.
17:48It allows us to have a traceability in what we do.
17:52Mr. Souri, you are the technician of the farm.
17:56What is your role exactly?
17:59I am mainly in charge of the production of vegetables.
18:03I am also involved in the production of units.
18:06I work with the promoter, who was also my school teacher.
18:12Since school, he made me want to go into entrepreneurship.
18:17When I left, I was not very interested in public service.
18:24We made a team together.
18:27We first produced the corn.
18:29As I told you, we are in the vegetable production.
18:31We saw that once we produce, we must also transform.
18:35This is what made these two units that you see here, come to life.
18:41In addition to the vegetable production, we also had the love to do the agri-food transformation.
18:47Does agri-food have a long life in Burkina Faso?
18:51It is not enough to produce and sell the raw product.
18:56It has no added value.
18:58You have to go into transformation, transform and add value.
19:03It still gives income.
19:06It's been a long time since we produced, but we have to transform.
19:09Agri-food transformation has a long life in Burkina Faso.
19:13Especially now that we have to consume locally.
19:27This exploration of the agricultural activities of Orodara was really worth it.
19:32I will show you through my camera an anemone, still in the village of Kourignon.
19:38Something that is not very common.
19:41It is possible to produce anemone on the land of integral men.
19:46According to the producer, it is not his first production.
19:54There is a project in the village of Otubake.
19:58In that project, anemone was produced.
20:01Now, anemone is produced by my cousin.
20:05Now, anemone is produced by my cousin.
20:25Now, anemone is produced by my cousin,
20:31because neither the wind, nor the rain will stop us from doing it.
20:36That's it.
20:41This is the end of this fascinating adventure in Orodhara.
20:44We hope you have discovered Orodhara and its agricultural realities
20:48with the Agri-Explorateurs.
20:50See you soon for another destination.
21:02Orodhara
21:06After a few days of exploration in the west of Burkina Faso,
21:09precisely in Orodhara,
21:11we welcome our explorer of the day, Aisha Sawadugo.
21:16Hello, Aisha.
21:17Hello, Clarice.
21:18Welcome to our show.
21:20Aisha Sawadugo, tell us, how was your trip?
21:23We must say that for the journey from Ouaga to Bobo,
21:27we didn't have any problems, because the road is quite bumpy.
21:31But from Bobo to Orodhara was really difficult,
21:37because the road is not bumpy at all.
21:42We arrived in Bobo around 1 p.m.
21:46To get a bus to Orodhara was a problem.
21:51We had to wait hours,
21:54three hours before getting a bus.
21:57We thought the road was in bad condition.
22:02That's what made us very tired.
22:07Why did you choose Orodhara?
22:10I must say that several agricultural activities are favorable,
22:14whether it's fruits, citrus, mangoes,
22:20and many other things,
22:22including tuberculosis.
22:23That's what caught my attention,
22:25and I wanted to go and touch the fingers,
22:28which is what I do there with the entrepreneurs.
22:31And what did you discover during your trip?
22:34Speaking of discoveries,
22:36what touched me the most was the pineapple culture.
22:41We say that Burkina Faso is a Sahelian country.
22:44There are certain things that you can't produce,
22:47and that's wrong.
22:48You have to maintain the love of the thing.
22:51When I saw the pineapple plantation,
22:55I was really moved.
22:57Were there any inspiring stories during your trip?
23:02Yes.
23:03We met several entrepreneurs,
23:08and the story that touched me the most
23:10was the story of Mathias Sparrow.
23:12He's a young man, a fighter.
23:15He's brave.
23:16He's someone who loves his job.
23:21Mathias Sparrow learned about the transformation of manioc
23:25with his mother.
23:26His father is a manioc producer,
23:28and his mother is a transformer.
23:30So, since he was very young,
23:32he learned about this activity with his mother.
23:34Today, he has a big business,
23:37and he employs a lot of people.
23:40When I say a lot of people,
23:42he employs about forty people.
23:44At first, he said he wanted to be a policeman or a gendarme.
23:48He took part in several competitions,
23:51but it didn't work out.
23:53He enrolled in the National School of Primary and Junior Teachers,
24:00but it didn't work out.
24:02So, he decided to give himself up to the transformation of manioc.
24:06I told myself,
24:07a young man who said he didn't need to work for the state,
24:12he could bring something to the table.
24:16We also see in the report
24:18that you were in an Aurora vehicle.
24:20Did you choose this type of vehicle,
24:23or was it involuntary?
24:25We say that the terrain commands the maneuver.
24:28So, that's what we had at hand.
24:31We did it with it.
24:32I understand the reaction of the promoters,
24:35of the transport companies.
24:37You can't still put vehicles at your disposal
24:40on a road that is degraded.
24:43There will be losses.
24:45However, every time we go to the garage.
24:49It's really interesting to be an agri-explorer.
24:52Yes, it's very interesting.
24:54It's very interesting.
24:56It leads you to surpass yourself,
24:59to find solutions to problems you encounter.
25:03Because when you are in the city,
25:06there are things you say to yourself,
25:08it can't happen.
25:09You have to go on the ground.
25:11You have to touch the realities of life,
25:14the entrepreneurs.
25:17We really hope that we will have found
25:20the AXA Orodhara, BOBO Orodhara,
25:24in the shortest possible time.
25:26Because it will relieve a lot of people,
25:28a lot of activities.
25:29Thank you, Aisha Sawadgo,
25:31for being on our show.
25:33You're welcome.
25:34I thank you for having me on your show.
25:38This brings us to the end of this episode of your show,
25:41Les agri-explorateurs.
25:43We had the pleasure of talking with our explorer of the day,
25:46Aisha Sawadgo,
25:48who traveled miles to meet these agricultural entrepreneurs.
25:52We also discovered inspiring stories
25:55and the determination of these entrepreneurs
25:58who work day and night to ensure our food.
26:01We'll see you next time
26:04for new episodes on Agribusiness TV.