{"id":13856,"date":"2026-06-20T12:40:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/zambian-president-commends-iitas-youth-in-ag-initiative\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T20:55:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:55:20","slug":"zambian-president-commends-iitas-youth-in-ag-initiative","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/zambian-president-commends-iitas-youth-in-ag-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Zambian President commends IITA\u2019s youth-in-ag initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"Zambia Agricultural Research Institute (ZARI) recently facilitated an exhibition program with the theme: \u201cCrop diversification and alternative food\u201d. A team of young people under the ENABLE-TAAT compact of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/taat-africa.org\/\">Technologies pour la transformation de l'agriculture en Afrique<\/a>\u00a0participated in the event to showcase the modern cassava value chain technologies. Zambian Head of State, His Excellency, President Edgar Chagwa Lungu, was present to witness a variety of modern technologies for agricultural advancement in the country.\n\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22610\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zambian-President1.jpg\" alt=\"Zambian President commends IITA\u2019s youth-in-ag initiative\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" \/>Representatives of the ENABLE-TAAT youth group.\n\nThe ENABLE-TAAT compact, implemented by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">IITA<\/a>\u2019s Youth-in-Agribusiness office, showcased agricultural commodities and products such as High-Quality Cassava Flour (HQCF) with all its nutrient-fortified snacks and foods. Some of these are supplied to chain stores like Shoprite, Pick \u2018n\u2019 Pay, and various food outlets in different parts of the country. They also showcased their cassava chips that could be supplied to food and beverage companies like Zhonghai International Ltd, Zambia Breweries, and other processors that use cassava chips as a raw material to manufacture various products like ethanol, glue, and beer.\n<figure id=\"attachment_22614\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22614\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22614\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zambian-President2.jpg\" alt=\"Zambian President commends IITA\u2019s youth-in-ag initiative\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22614\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The IITA team, led by Dr Chikoye, at the exhibition.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAt the youth\u2019s exhibition stand, President Lungu applauded IITA for its youth-in-agribusiness initiative, which engages young people in agriculture and channels a career path for many of them to be self-employed or employers of others. He was impressed to see graduate youth producing and showcasing agricultural commodities and contributing their quota to ensure the nation\u2019s agricultural sector thrives. President Lungu commended ENABLE-TAAT for its collaboration with various established youth groups in Zambia. According to him, these partnerships will extend the technologies and impact beyond the walls of IITA.\n<figure id=\"attachment_22611\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22611\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22611\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zambian-President3.jpg\" alt=\"Zambian President commends IITA\u2019s youth-in-ag initiative\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ENABLE-TAAT team presenting cassava-based products to President Lungu of Zambia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAt the end of the exhibition, the youth presented a hamper of assorted cassava-based products to His Excellency. The President was especially delighted in the cassava bread, which he described as a good initiative. President Lungu\u2019s interest in the cassava bread stimulated some attendees\u2019 interest.\n<figure id=\"attachment_22612\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22612\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22612 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Zambian-President4.jpg\" alt=\"Zambian President commends IITA\u2019s youth-in-ag initiative\" width=\"820\" height=\"411\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zambian President receiving a hamper of HQCF-based products.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nTheir testimonies showed a mindset change and a desire to be included in agribusiness incubation initiatives and the establishment of agribusiness clusters, which are core objectives of ENABLE-TAAT.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zambia Agricultural Research Institute (ZARI) recently facilitated an exhibition program with the theme: \u201cCrop diversification and alternative food\u201d.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":15130,"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":[1183],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[46],"news-type":[],"hub":[63],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[199],"class_list":["post-13856","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-enable-taat-team-presenting-president-lungu-of-zambia-iita-news-no-2582youth-in-agribusinesszambiazambian-president","location-zambia","hub-central-africa","item-year-199"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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