{"id":13115,"date":"2026-06-20T12:26:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iita-launches-construction-of-research-center-in-southern-africa-hub\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T12:26:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:26:24","slug":"iita-launches-construction-of-research-center-in-southern-africa-hub","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-launches-construction-of-research-center-in-southern-africa-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"L'IITA lance la construction d'un centre de recherche dans son p\u00f4le en Afrique australe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newint.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/image_gallery-1-6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9993\" src=\"http:\/\/newint.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/image_gallery-1-6.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a>IITA officially launched building work on its regional agricultural research center at Kabangwe on 12 September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The state-of-the-art Southern Africa Research  and Administration Hub (SARAH) Campus will be the focal point of IITA&#8217;s research, training, outreach  and business support, consolidating Zambia&#8217;s position as a regional hub for small-scale agricultural development  and training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deputy Minister of Agriculture  and Livestock Hon. Rogers Mwewa, on behalf of Hon. Dr. Guy Scott, Vice President of the Republic of Zambia, was on h and for the official ground-breaking  and foundation stone-laying ceremony at the campus site on a 50-hectare plot of l and within the Zambia Seed Company farm, some 25 km north of Lusaka City. IITA Director General Dr Nteranya Sanginga also attended the ceremony, along with senior management of the institute, members of the diplomatic community, donor representatives, IITA staff,  and local  and regional partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The establishment of the research campus is aligned with the Zambian government&#8217;s vision of developing an efficient  and competitive agricultural sector that assures food security as well as maximizes the contribution of the sector to GDP, thereby making agriculture an engine for economic growth, development,  and poverty reduction,&#8221; said Dr Sanginga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Mwewa said: &#8220;It is gratifying to see that government initiatives  and programs to foster national development are being augmented by local  and international organizations. Today&#8217;s ground breaking ceremony is yet another testimony of the confidence organizations like IITA have in our nation&#8217;s development agenda  and potential to uplift the lives of our people  and make Zambia a prosperous nation.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Today&#8217;s ground-breaking ceremony comes at the right time when we are reforming agriculture in the country. My government realizes that research  and development initiatives such as this one have a positive impact on agricultural development. This is in line with my government&#8217;s vision of making Zambia the food basket of the region,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once built, key facilities at the campus will include laboratories for natural resource management, agronomy  and crop physiology, pest management, social sciences, plant breeding, biotechnology, geographic information systems, crop use  and nutrition as well as a post-harvest facility. The hub will also have a tissue culture facility, modern greenhouses, processing facilities for producing highvalue cassava-based products, a fabrication workshop for labor-saving agricultural machinery  and training facilities for students, producers, processors  and other actors along the priority value chains. There will also be a Knowledge Center that has access to computers, high-speed Internet,  and a powerful server  and space for about 50 people. Student hostels, recreation facilities  and secured parking area will complete the center&#8217;s facilities. In addition, the long-term vision of IITA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">is to establish two testing sites in Zambia, covering the more humid zones (northern Zambia)  and dry savanna (Zambezi valley) of southern Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IITA&#8217;s total investment in the project\u2013 taking into account the cost of l and, buildings, scientific equipment, utilities  and establishing a research farm \u2013 is approximately K75-100 million (about US$14 -19 million). Construction of Phase 1 is expected to start by 30 September, subject to obtaining building permits  and approval of environmental assessment reports. Phase 2 will commence in January 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IITA Southern Africa Hub, established in 2010, is located in Lusaka  and oversees  and coordinates activities in the sub-region. To strengthen its operations in Southern Africa  and to help realize the region&#8217;s agricultural potential, IITA is investing in establishing the new SARAH research  and outreach center in Kabangwe, north of Lusaka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IITA Southern Africa Hub, established in 2010, is located in Lusaka  and oversees  and coordinates activities in the sub-region. To strengthen its operations in Southern Africa  and to help realize the region&#8217;s agricultural potential, IITA is investing in establishing the new SARAH research  and outreach center in Kabangwe, north of Lusaka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IITA&#8217;S work in Zambia over the past 25 years has been guided by a Memor andum of Underst anding on Scientific  and Technical Cooperation, Research,  and Training with the Zambian Government through the Ministry of Agriculture  and Livestock (MAL). Its overall objective is to strengthen the technical capacity of stakeholders working in the agricultural sector for the benefit of all Zambians especially small-scale farmers. To achieve this, IITA works in close partnership with the Zambia Agriculture Research Institute, Golden Valley Research Trust, University of Zambia, National Institute for Scientific  and Industrial Research,  and other national entities including civil society organizations  and the private sector (e.g., Zamseed, SeedCo, Greenbelt Fertilizers). IITA&#8217;s activities cover capacity building, crop breeding, seed systems, postharvest value-addition, input\/ output markets, policy  and institutional arrangements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IITA&#8217;s achievements in Zambia over the years include the development of improved varieties of cassava  and cowpea, establishment of communitybased cassava processing centers, generation  and promotion of better crop management technologies, establishment of community-based seed systems,  and training of scientists  and technicians who are contributing to the national research program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>For more information, please contact: Andrea Gros, <a>a.gros@cgiar.org<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Jeffrey Oliver, <a>j.oliver@cgiar.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IITA officially launched building work on its regional agricultural research center at Kabangwe on 12 September&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"tags":[],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[46],"news-type":[],"hub":[],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[191],"class_list":["post-13115","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","hentry","location-zambia","item-year-191"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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