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programs
Development
Zambia-Iowa Agricultural Partners is focused on long-term sustainable development. This work identifies area strengths and needs with a focus on empowering individuals, leaders, and communities to develop skills and solve existing, often entrenched, problems bringing about lasting change. We work in a network of pastor-farmers who share a passion to improve local agribusiness while decreasing hunger in their communities. Their leadership abilities, commitment, and strong relationships are readily evident and a critical element to program success. This leadership is enhanced by support from both the local village chief and mayor.
Our Strategy
Our mission is to reduce hunger and strengthen rural livelihoods in Zambia by empowering farmers with proven agricultural practices that increase productivity and resilience.
Zambia-Iowa Agricultural Partners strengthens smallholder agriculture through locally led training systems that build practical knowledge and long-term resilience. Our approach emphasizes scalable, field-based learning tailored to local conditions, enabling farmers to improve productivity and reduce losses over time.
Shared Work
As we implement programs aimed at achieving our mission and strategy, we have established some basic principles to encourage success. Training is not limited to improved agricultural production or storage methods, though this is important. Ongoing coaching, education, and support will be integral to our programing. In addition, training will emphasize improving the farmer’s ability to identify their own problems, assess possible solutions, trial the choice solution on a small scale and evaluate the result. This training will better equip the farmer to implement ongoing improvements on their own farms and respond to future conditions, yet unidentified.