{"id":16826,"date":"2026-06-20T12:53:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/zambia-iita-agripreneurs-program-train-11-youth-on-cassava-based-food-production\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T18:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:40:57","slug":"zambia-iita-agripreneurs-program-train-11-youth-on-cassava-based-food-production","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/zambia-iita-agripreneurs-program-train-11-youth-on-cassava-based-food-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Zambia IITA Agripreneurs Program train 11 youth on cassava-based food production"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>The Zambia IITA Youth Agripreneurs (ZIYA) Program successfully conducted a training course on cassava value addition for 11 ZIYA members\u2015all female\u2015on 6\u201316 March at the IITA Southern Africa Research and Administration Hub (SARAH) campus in Kabangwe, Lusaka Province. The 11 women came from different youth groups from Kaoma District in Western Province, Monze District in Southern Province, and Serenje and Mkushi districts in Central Province partnering under the ZIYA umbrella.<\/strong>\n<div id=\"attachment_2210\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_JTO_1833.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2210 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_JTO_1833.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of The ZIYA trainees presenting their cassava food products to Koper-Limbourg, Chikoye, and other IITA-Zambia staff\" width=\"1024\" height=\"585\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2210\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The ZIYA trainees presenting their cassava food products to Koper-Limbourg, Chikoye, and other IITA-Zambia staff<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nThe training course was conducted with support from the Support to Agricultural Research for Development of Strategic Crops in Africa (<a href=\"http:\/\/sard-sc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SARD-SC<\/a>) project. Facilitators included Emmanuel Alamu, Food Scientist; Prisca Chileshe, Postharvest Utilization Research Assistant; Nhamo Nhamo, ZIYA Youth Coordinator; and Jeremiah Hantolo, Zambia SARD-SC Maize Coordinator, all based at IITA-SARAH.\n\nThe 10-day, hands-on course covered the various steps in preparing cassava-based food products\u2015from root preparation (cleaning, peeling, chipping, and drying) to processing and cooking\/baking. Specifically, the youth were taught how to make confectionary products\nsuch as biscuits, chin-chin, fritters, titbits, and cupcakes.\n\nAt the end of the training, the trainees presented the different food products that they had produced to IITA-Zambia staff as well as to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/koper-hilde\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hilde Koper-Limbourg<\/a>, Deputy Director General for Corporate Services, who coincidentally was also in Zambia on a familiarization and monitoring trip to the southern Africa Hub.\n\n\u201cThese are very impressive products that you have prepared,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/chikoye-david\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Chikoye<\/a>, IITA Southern Africa Regional Director, said during the presentation by the trainees. \u201cI sincerely hope that you will apply what you\u2019ve learned here\u2015and what you will still learn in the future from ZIYA\u2015in your respective groups when you go back,\u201d he added.\n\n\u201cThese are really delicious,\u201d added Koper-Limbourg. \u201cI see a really good business opportunity for these products, and a great business venture for the ZIYA youth. You should be proud of yourselves and what you have accomplished here.\u201d\n\nAsked what they will do with the knowledge that they gained from this training, Caroline Liwena, ZIYA Youth Chair, who also participated in the course, related that they would also train other members of their respective youth groups. \u201cApart from echo training, we will also start some small businesses producing and selling these food products. And, of course, start making money,\u201d she proudly added.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Zambia IITA Youth Agripreneurs (ZIYA) Program successfully conducted a training course on cassava value addition for 11 ZIYA 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