IDAH KOMBE: CASHING IN ON ZAMBIAN BREWERIES’ CASSAVA OUT-GROWER SCHEME

For sixty-one-year-old Idah Kombe Simwela, growing produce on a large, let-alone commercial scale, was something previously thought to be unattainable. But with growing support and interventions from private sector players such as Zambian Breweries, she and other women are able to cash in on unassuming crops such as cassava - through cooperatives - in a quest to better their livelihoods and those of their families.