Richard Kachungu
Zambia
Richard Kachungu is Co-Founder of the Young Emerging Farmers Initiative in Zambia, a youth-oriented nonprofit building and empowering the next generation of agripreneurs. Richard believes that a young farmer can make the world a better place through agribusiness, as everyone needs food and can earn an income from it. He is passionate about positively changing the lives of young people towards their potential. Richard's civic hero is his father, Lennard Kachungu.
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