The Road to Complete Farmer’s Soybeans Farms in Karaga
Team bonding can be therapeutic, and when combined with a road trip, it can be thrilling. Especially if the journey is a 12-hour drive. People make new friends, experience new sites, try new delicacies, as well as work. If you are part of the latter, it can be tough.
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We took a road trip to our Karaga farms, where we grow Soybeans for our Digifarmers, to familiarize staff with some of the farm processes, provide relief from the routine day-in-day-out rigorous tasks, and provide a change of environment.
This trip took place on Friday, July 30th, 2021, and included a variety of competitive games such as Ludo, Uno, PS4 Fifa 2021, know the answer, monopoly, and scrabble. Even musical chants were heard. You’d be surprised how pumped up some coworkers can get.
Setting off at 11 am from Accra, we anticipated to arrive at Tamale, where we lodged, at 11–12 am. But, hey, in a country where the road and transportation system as a whole is not extensively developed, there is only so much you can do but plan and hope. We arrived 2–3hrs late and had to wake up early for breakfast to be able to make it to the farms by mid-morning.
The farms are located at Karaga. Close to 2 hrs away from Tamale, the capital city of the Northern Region. I was expecting the craziest sunshine because of the stories I had heard. Luckily, we were met with the rains. Little did we know we were going to have to deal with that in the most unexpected way along the lines of the old saying, “when you pray for the rains, you deal with the mud”.
Indeed, the ‘mud’ dealt with us. I’m talking about swamps! Actual swamps. Imagine trying to find the perfect spot to photograph the team for the memory books and getting your shoes swallowed by an unexpected swampy-gravelled ground. And getting laughed at by the same team you were trying to capture in the perfect shot, not a pleasant moment. People, right?
However, there is always a silver lining. Everyone eventually got their share of the swamp, which brought out the full Hercules-gentility in our graphic designer, Robert. He demonstrated his strength and teamwork (as marketing always does… ahem!) by carrying Woena, our marketing associate, across one of the steepest swamps around the farms.
Many people enjoyed themselves in the swamp savannah, even though some wished the farm tour had ended before their swamp experience. From ‘posing for the gram’, to witnessing first-hand drone field spraying, to learning the crop development process and what is required from Prince, our experienced farm manager.
We finished the farm tour with a delicious lunch at Tamale’s Wooden Restaurant. Some people attempted to carry the world in their stomachs here. Can you blame them? We hadn’t had anything ‘heavy’ in quite some time. We then returned to the hotel for some well-deserved rest before setting out the next morning.
This trip was a testament to Desmond, our CEO’s, statement during our previous visit to the Shai Hills that such events will be organized regularly to allow employees to actively communicate with one another, renew friendships, learn about what’s going on on the field, and improve productivity.
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