Summary
David Chisanga is an agricultural entrepreneur and project manager with a decade of experience designing and delivering seed production and farmer training programs across Zambia. As founder of Utopia Agro Dealers he combined fundraising, data-driven marketing and digital outreach to scale legume seed distribution and producer training. Previously at IITA he managed breeder and foundation seed contracts, coordinated multi-partner value-chain activities, and produced measurable adoption through demonstrations and seed outputs. He brings strong monitoring, evaluation and reporting skills (including Feed the Future systems and PMMT) and a background in data analysis and seed inspection. Comfortable moving between field operations and strategic planning, David has a track record of turning technical agronomy into viable business models and training curricula. He also leverages a teaching background to design practical training materials that boost farmer adoption and enterprise performance.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Teaching Sciences (Physics, Chemistry & Biology), B+, Diploma, Teaching Sciences (Physics, Chemistry & Biology), B+ at Copperbelt Secondary Teachers' College (COSETCO)
Certificate, Data Analysis-Take it to the Max, A, Certificate, Data Analysis-Take it to the Max, A at Delft University of Technology
Certificate, Seed Inspection, Certificate, Seed Inspection at Seed Control and Certification Institute
Post graduate Certificate, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, B+, Post graduate Certificate, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, B+ at The University of Zambia
Bachelor of science, Agroforestry, Upper Credit, Bachelor of science, Agroforestry, Upper Credit at The copperbelt university
English, bemba, nyanja