UNZA registers business firm

NOEL IYOMBWA writes IN a bid to maximize its potential and attain self-sustainability, the University of Zambia (UNZA)has set up a holding company registered with PACRA as UNZA Holdings Limited to work as an umbrella for all business ventures at the institution. Head of Communication and Marketing Brenda Bukowa said that this is in addition to its teaching and learning, research and community service mandate operates various business entities that include; Liempe Farm, Marshlands Village, UNZA Printer, UNZA Clinic, and a 40,000 metric tonne per day capacity maize milling and processing plant housed at Liempe Farm. She said that it’s a milestone for UNZA for the establishment of the Agriculture Training and Demonstration Centre (ATDC) at Liempe farm. Dr Bukowa explained that the Centre was built under the auspices of the China –Zambia Cooperation and it is being implemented through collaboration between Jilin Agricultural University of China on behalf of the Chinese Government and the University of Zambia on behalf of the Zambian government respectively. Dr Bukowa stated that the centre’s mandate is to promote activities aimed at meeting the increasing demand for agriculture products through the provision of new and improved technologies in agriculture.  “In addition to being a center of excellence in research on agricultural technologies, ATDC is also a commercial farm where currently fish, village chicken, mushroom, and crop farming are underway,” she said. The Sun