# 405 Sylvia Banda - How she trained 60,000 farmers and transformed Zambia's food system

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Podcast: [Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food](https://stenobird.com/podcast/investing-in-regenerative-agriculture-and-food-327782)
Published: 2026-02-17T16:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://investinginregenerativeagriculture.com/sylvia-banda
Audio file: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1154870/episodes/18629348-405-sylvia-banda-how-she-trained-60-000-farmers-and-transformed-zambia-s-food-system.mp3
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Duration seconds: 3620

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A conversation with Sylvia Banda, Zambian business woman, restaurateur and social entrepreneur about her journey started when when she was 12. She opened her first food company, and she hasn’t stopped since. She now runs a multi-million-dollar business with over 15 restaurants in Lusaka, Zambia, a food- processing company selling traditional Zambian food worldwide, and has trained over 60,000 smallholder farmers to produce higher-quality products and process them to receive better prices.&nbs...

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