UNZA rolls out mealie meal from its maize milling plant

Published 2022년 4월 1일

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The University of Zambia (UNZA) has inaugurated its first UNZA Milling Plant sales outlet, marking the start of mealie meal sales at the Great East Road campus. The K26 million milling plant, a collaboration between the Zambian and Chinese governments, is designed to produce 40 tons of maize products per day. The plant will be used for teaching milling science and generating income through the sale of various maize products. The plant has been tested for efficiency and is now in production, selling breakfast mealie meal, roller mealie meal, and maize bran.

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The University of Zambia (UNZA) has launched its first UNZA Milling Plant sales outlet to kick start the selling of mealie meal at the Great East Road campus. Speaking during the launch, UNZA Vice-Chancellor, Prof Luke Evuta Mumba, says the K26 million UNZA Milling Plant is a result of the government-to-government initiative between the Government of the Republic of Zambia and the People’s Republic of China through the presidential milling initiative. “In July 2017 the Government of the Republic of Zambia graciously agreed to give one of the 3 milling plants donated by the Government of the Republic of China to the University of Zambia,” Prof Mumba said. The Vice-Chancellor further says the UNZA Milling Plant project will serve two-fold purposes which include developing and offering programmes in milling science, a programme offered only by South Africa and Kenya in the region, as well as the processing of maize into maize products for income generation. “The UNZA Milling Plant is ...

Source: Lusakatimes