Youth entrepreneurship in agribusiness in Indonesia

Creating opportunities for youth is a necessary and important strategy to optimally harness the existing demographic dividend. Since agriculture sector continues to be an important resource in many developing countries including Indonesia, it is an important pathway to create employment opportunitie...

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Main Authors: Xiobo Zhong, Srivastava, Nandita, Babu, Suresh Chandra
Format: Informe técnico
Language:Inglés
Published: Syngenta Foundation 2023
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129238
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author Xiobo Zhong
Srivastava, Nandita
Babu, Suresh Chandra
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description Creating opportunities for youth is a necessary and important strategy to optimally harness the existing demographic dividend. Since agriculture sector continues to be an important resource in many developing countries including Indonesia, it is an important pathway to create employment opportunities for youth. The presence of a strong entrepreneurship ecosystem in the agribusiness sector can incentivize youth to consider participating in the sector. Indonesia has undertaken several steps in this direction which have propelled growing entrepreneurship opportunities, yet many challenges exist. Difficulty in accessing markets, financial constraints, poor access to credit, lack of adequate infrastructure, weather, pest and disease problems, and lack of available skills training are all contributing factors. There is a need for skilled human capital at different levels such as to provide i) advisory support on innovations and technical know-how and ii) well trained employees to help in running the business. Entrepreneurs must also emphasize on their role as mentors to train, encourage, and support other youth. This report is part of an international multi-country comparative study on youth entrepreneurship in the agribusiness sector. It uses a conceptual framework on key drivers of the success of youth entrepreneurship. Through a combination of a literature review of the status of the policy, institutional, technological, business, and individual environments that support youth entrepreneurship and case studies of agribusiness entrepreneurs, the report analyzes the existing agribusiness entrepreneurship ecosystem in Indonesia. Key lessons and recommendations are drawn with the aim to strengthen youth entrepreneurship in the agriculture sector.
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spelling CGSpace1292382025-12-08T10:29:22Z Youth entrepreneurship in agribusiness in Indonesia Xiobo Zhong Srivastava, Nandita Babu, Suresh Chandra youth agricultural sector developing countries employment entrepreneurship agroindustrial sector market access finances credit weather training Creating opportunities for youth is a necessary and important strategy to optimally harness the existing demographic dividend. Since agriculture sector continues to be an important resource in many developing countries including Indonesia, it is an important pathway to create employment opportunities for youth. The presence of a strong entrepreneurship ecosystem in the agribusiness sector can incentivize youth to consider participating in the sector. Indonesia has undertaken several steps in this direction which have propelled growing entrepreneurship opportunities, yet many challenges exist. Difficulty in accessing markets, financial constraints, poor access to credit, lack of adequate infrastructure, weather, pest and disease problems, and lack of available skills training are all contributing factors. There is a need for skilled human capital at different levels such as to provide i) advisory support on innovations and technical know-how and ii) well trained employees to help in running the business. Entrepreneurs must also emphasize on their role as mentors to train, encourage, and support other youth. This report is part of an international multi-country comparative study on youth entrepreneurship in the agribusiness sector. It uses a conceptual framework on key drivers of the success of youth entrepreneurship. Through a combination of a literature review of the status of the policy, institutional, technological, business, and individual environments that support youth entrepreneurship and case studies of agribusiness entrepreneurs, the report analyzes the existing agribusiness entrepreneurship ecosystem in Indonesia. Key lessons and recommendations are drawn with the aim to strengthen youth entrepreneurship in the agriculture sector. 2023-01-01 2023-03-07T16:07:55Z 2023-03-07T16:07:55Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129238 en Open Access Syngenta Foundation Zhong, Xiobo; Srivastava, Nandita; and Babu, Suresh Chandra. 2023. Youth entrepreneurship in agribusiness in Indonesia. Basel, Switzerland: Syngenta Foundation. https://www.syngentafoundation.org/sites/g/files/kgtney976/files/media/document/2023/02/27/Youth%20Entrepreneurship%20in%20Agribusiness%20in%20Indonesia_VF.pdf
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agricultural sector
developing countries
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agroindustrial sector
market access
finances
credit
weather
training
Xiobo Zhong
Srivastava, Nandita
Babu, Suresh Chandra
Youth entrepreneurship in agribusiness in Indonesia
title Youth entrepreneurship in agribusiness in Indonesia
title_full Youth entrepreneurship in agribusiness in Indonesia
title_fullStr Youth entrepreneurship in agribusiness in Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Youth entrepreneurship in agribusiness in Indonesia
title_short Youth entrepreneurship in agribusiness in Indonesia
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topic youth
agricultural sector
developing countries
employment
entrepreneurship
agroindustrial sector
market access
finances
credit
weather
training
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