Can young agripreneurs improve their skills through agripreneurship empowerment programmes? Evidence from Africa

Adeyanju, Dolapo; Mburu, John; Gituro, Wainaina; Chumo, Chepchumba; Mignouna, Djana; Mulinganya, Noel; Ashagidigbi, Waheed Mobolaji

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e12876

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“…This should be coupled with gender inclusive policies that support adult literacy programmes, business schools, farmer field schools and entrepreneurship education programmes. Success from other developing and emerging economies in Asia (Pratiwi and Suzuki, 2017) and Africa (Davis et al, 2008;Lourenço et al, 2014;Opolot et al, 2018;Adeyanju et al, 2023) show that building the skills for farmers through entrepreneurship training programmes has multiple benefits in tackling urgent socio-ecological challenges from the community grassroots.…”

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A more grounded view of ‘farmer entrepreneurship’: how Zimbabwean smallholder farmers fundamentally differ in their entrepreneurial behaviours

Manyise,

Dentoni,

Trienekens

2023

JEEE

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Purpose This paper aims to investigate the entrepreneurial behaviours exhibited by commercial smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe, focusing on their socio-economic characteristics, and considers their implication for outcomes of livelihood resilience in a resource-constrained and turbulent rural context. Design/methodology/approach The study used survey data collected from 430 smallholder farmers in Masvingo province, Zimbabwe. Using a two-step cluster analysis, the study constructed a typology of farmers based on their entrepreneurial behaviour and socio-economic characteristics. Findings The results revealed that commercial smallholder farmers are heterogeneous in terms of their entrepreneurial behaviours. Four clusters were identified: non-entrepreneurial, goal-driven, means-driven and ambidextrous. Beyond their entrepreneurial behaviours, these clusters significantly differ in the socio-economic characterises (gender, age, education levels, farm size, proximity to the market and social connection) and farm performance (seasonal sales per hectare and farm income per hectare). Research limitations/implications The typology framework relating farmers’ entrepreneurial behaviours to their socio-economic characteristics and business performance is important to tailor and therefore improve the effectiveness of farmer entrepreneurship programmes and policies. In particular, tailoring farmer entrepreneurship education is crucial to distribute land, finance and market resources in purposive ways to promote a combination of smallholder farmers’ effectual and causal behaviours at an early stage of their farm ventures. Originality/value Researchers still know little about which farmers’ behaviours are entrepreneurial and how these behaviours manifest in action during their commercial farm activities. This research leverages effectuation and causation theory to unveil previously overlooked distinctions on farmers’ entrepreneurial behaviours, thereby enhancing a more grounded understanding of farmer entrepreneurship in a resource-constrained context.

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Section: Policy Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A more grounded view of ‘farmer entrepreneurship’: how Zimbabwean smallholder farmers fundamentally differ in their entrepreneurial behaviours

Manyise,

Dentoni,

Trienekens

2023

JEEE

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“…Service providers can also be concurrently trained on biopesticides, thus enabling them to promote alternatives to synthetic pesticides. Effective engagement of women and young people in the agricultural sector manifests differently, but it generally includes training and capacity building (Valerio et al 2014;Maïga et al 2020;Adeyanju et al 2023), access to technology for modernizing agriculture production (Lohento and Ajilore 2015;Babu et al 2021;Jolex and Tufa 2022) and facilitating engagement in policy-making processes (Kadzamira and Kazembe 2015;Geza et al 2021). In addition, making finance accessible is key for enabling agri-preneurship, which includes agricultural service provision.…”

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confidence: 99%

African women and young people as agriculture service providers—business models, benefits, gaps and opportunities

Kadzamira,

Chege,

Suntharalingam

et al. 2024

CABI Agric Biosci

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We use a combination of a global desk review of the literature with information from an on-going action research in Kenya to provide insights into the main characteristics, benefits and shortfalls of business models for engaging women and young people in agricultural service provision in Africa. The findings demonstrate that the engagement of African women and young people in agricultural service provision is not a panacea to the challenges they face. However various business models have been successful in contributing to economic empowerment, to increasing entrepreneurial activities and to upskilling of women and young people engaged as service providers. Business models that are successful are place-based and people-focused, market-driven and focused on value chains. Challenges however abound due to various factors, hence for sustainability there is need for multi-sectoral inter-institutional collaboration that pulls in funding and which makes a case for private sector buy-in. Future research should focus on increasing the evidence base to understand if successes with inclusion of women and young people in agricultural service provision has an influence on emerging agricultural policy. Research should also rigorously assess the extent to which successful agricultural service provision business models are engendered, provide sufficient levels of renumeration and the extent to which they impact farmer outcomes.

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“…More studies on entrepreneurial practices have been suggested by many scholars, (Salem & Mobarak, 2019). Further, Adeyanju et al (2023), indicate that there is need to continually investigate how entrepreneurial practices can contribute to the performance of agro based youth SMEs. Additionally, Bignotti et al (2021), alludes that, within the extant literature, calls exist for more investigations into the concept of entrepreneurial practices on outcomes such as SMEs performance.…”

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Effect of Entrepreneurial Networking Practice on Performance of Small and Medium Agro Based Youth Enterprises in Kenya

Ngera,

Namusonge,

Makokha

2024

IJARBSS

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The purpose of the study was to analyse the effect of entrepreneurial practices on performance of small and medium agro based youth enterprises in Kenya. The study was guided by the following specific objective; to evaluate the effect of entrepreneurial networking practice on performance of small and medium agro based youth enterprises in Kenya. This study employed mixed research which included both quantitative and qualitative approaches. The target population in the study was small and medium agro based youth enterprises in Kenya, cases of Trans Nzoia, Kakamega and Bungoma Counties as represented by Kiminini, Nzoia and Ndalu wards respectively. In total there are 48registered agro based youth SMEs in these wards comprising of 1,500 youths within the ages of 18-35 years. The sample size for the study was 306 respondents. This study adopted stratified sampling then simple random sampling. The study used structured questionnaires as data collection instruments. The study employed the use of descriptive statistics including frequencies and percentages. Inferential statistics including correlations and regression was employed. The findings indicated that entrepreneurial networking has a positive and significant effect on performance of small and medium agro based youth enterprises in Kenya. From the results, the study recommends that entrepreneurs should configure valuable entrepreneurial

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Can young agripreneurs improve their skills through agripreneurship empowerment programmes? Evidence from Africa

Cited by 5 publications

References 21 publications

A more grounded view of ‘farmer entrepreneurship’: how Zimbabwean smallholder farmers fundamentally differ in their entrepreneurial behaviours

A more grounded view of ‘farmer entrepreneurship’: how Zimbabwean smallholder farmers fundamentally differ in their entrepreneurial behaviours

African women and young people as agriculture service providers—business models, benefits, gaps and opportunities

Effect of Entrepreneurial Networking Practice on Performance of Small and Medium Agro Based Youth Enterprises in Kenya

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