Zambian Institute of Agriculture

 

 

 

 

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 The Zambian Institute of Agriculture, ZIA, is an independent training, research and empowering
institution. ZIA was registered in 2007 under the registrar of companies (registration no. 133363) and
operates as a non-funded charity organisation.
The main objective of ZIA is to mobilize local leaders and train them with sustainable new systems of farming. Different approaches and projects have therefore been developed and implemented by ZIA. ZIA also has a focus on mobilizing women involved in poultry farming, vegetable gardening, small businesses and village savings. Furthermore, ZIA is the founder of a girls’ soccer program located in Ndola.

ZIA is involved in multiple different projects, all aiming at training and thereby empowering underprivileged people (to sustain their own lives).

 

Introduced in 2017, ZIA School recruits young and motivated people as students. A special focus lies on
those who have had little or no access to proper education in their previous lives and long for a
professional perspective. The ZIA School aims at training and empowering them to become farmers,
agriculture advisors and/or agriculture professionals (three-in-one concept). The school program
consists of eight different courses (Crops Science; Livestock Production; Farm Management and
Extension; Farm Machinery and Engineering; Agriculture Economics; Aquaculture; Land and Natural
Resource Management; Food Security, Nutrition and Sustainable Agriculture) held over a period of
three years. The graduates are equipped with a broad knowledge in these multidisciplinary topics and
are therefore well prepared for a professional career running their own businesses or being employed
by companies and farmers.

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God bless

Chris