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Challenging chains to change: Gender equity in agricultural value chain development by Royal Tropical Institute, Agri-ProFocus, International Institute of Rural Reconstruction

“…Drawing on dozens of cases, and covering a wide range of crops and livestock products, this book explains how development organisations and private entrepreneurs have found ways to improve the position of women in value chains. …”
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Implementation of paddy drying technology: Introducing small/medium paddy dryers in remote areas by Alam, Md. Monjurul, Kalita, Prasanta Kumar, Saha, Chayan Kumer, Sarkar, Surajit, Winter-Nelson, Alex

“…This activity sought to build capacity for mechanical dryer service provision by small-scale entrepreneurs and to demonstrate a model for providing mobile grain drying services through entrepreneurs using a locally manufactured small-scale dryer. …”
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Vi bedriver en business, vi är ingen välgörenhet : hästföretagens relation till byråkratin och näringens framtidsutsikter by Asplund, Maria

Fisketurism på Åland : en undersökning av möjligheter och svårigheter för en växande verksamhet inom naturturismen by Jonsson, Tora

Les dix clés du succès des start-up offrant des services numériques au secteur agricole by Lohento, Ken

“…Ken Lohento, coordonnateur de programme senior « TIC pour l'agriculture », au CTA, a identifié dix clés pour aider les jeunes entrepreneurs dans leur quête de succès…”
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A4IP 2025 flagship event report: Innovating agri-food research & development models for a changing landscape by Dolinga, Moritz

“…Held under the patronage of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, it convened 51 speakers representing 47 organizations—including researchers, entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, and industry leaders—to reimagine how agricultural innovations move from laboratory discovery to real-world impact.…”
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Making forest carbon markets work for low-income producers by Center for International Forestry Research

“…But this opportunity will only be realized by adopting suitable rules for the CDM, applying innovations by business and social entrepreneurs to lower transaction costs, and taking public action to reduce risks to both investors and communities. …”
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Promoting composite bean flours to improve nutrition: IPSR Innovation Profile by Fungo, Robert, Rubyogo, Jean-Claude, Birachi, Eliud Abucheli

“…Women have also been targeted with bean flours because, in Africa, women prepare the food in most households. Moreover, women entrepreneurs have embraced bean processing to make nutritious porridge flour and other products—and are targeting other women as clients. …”
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Field day on the need of organisational farmers entity to have easy access to NT seeder by Moussadek, Rachid

“…These criteria must be unified at the level of all the partners; - Identify young agricultural entrepreneurs from a service company/cooperative agriculture (direct seeding) to benefit from the equipment acquired or in progress acquisition;…”
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Crisis-induced innovation: Quality upgrading in Chinese industrial clusters by Hu, Xiangting, Ruan, Jianqing, Zhang, Xiaobo

“…Based on qualitative and quantitative evidence in Chinese clusters, this paper shows that quality-enhancing institutions and policies often emerge in response to crises, such as consumer boycotts and impositions of export barriers, which can catalyze collective action from entrepreneurs and local governments to improve product quality. …”
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The impact of coronavirus on China’s SMEs: Findings from the enterprise survey for innovation and entrepreneurship in China by Dai, Ruochen, Hu, Junpeng, Zhang, Xiaobo

“…Our surveyors then conducted follow-up interviews with a representative sample of private entrepreneurs from a database maintained over the past three years, asking about the resumption of production as well the different challenges enterprises face.…”
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The emergence and transformation of Batkhela (Malakand) Bazaar: Ethnic entrepreneurship, social networks, and change in disadvantageous societies by Jan, Muhammad Ayub

“…We investigate the above processes with a focus on entrepreneurs of the bazaar. Particularly we examine their efforts in challenging historical conditions during the emergence of the Batkhela bazaar and their continuous endeavor to keep the bazaar functioning. …”
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Made in China: Crisis begets quality upgrade by Ruan, Jianqing, Zhang, Xiaobo

“…We first develop a theoretical framework to show that a crisis, if used wisely, could present good opportunities for entrepreneurs and local governments to form collective action to improve product quality. …”
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Strengthening Tanzania's innovation ecosystem for climate-resilient agriculture by Mukuna, Eliaza, Kariuki, Wangari, Khader, Taija

“…The event brought together over 100 development partners, entrepreneurs, farmers, policymakers, and researchers, to advance agricultural innovation in Tanzania, recognizing the sector’s pivotal role in the economy, food security, and inclusive growth.…”
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Setting up and running a small-scale business producing high-value foods by Axtell, Barrie, Fellows, Peter

“…Clearly laid out, with helpful summaries and ‘tips for success’, this comprehensive publication presents numerous real-life case studies to inspire entrepreneurs to improve their production and profitability.…”
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Les données météorologiques : une composante essentielle de la chaîne de valeur agricole by Msengezi, Chipo, Nesoba, Dorah

“…L'accès à ces données permet aux organisations et aux entrepreneurs de traduire les données météorologiques brutes en informations météorologiques accessibles, ce qui est essentiel pour permettre aux producteurs de prendre des décisions éclairées dans la gestion de leur exploitation et pour atténuer efficacement les risques.…”
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Kvinnligt företagande by Blomquist, Lisa

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Accelerating youth-led digital entrepreneurship in agriculture by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…CTA’s approach to facilitating digital entrepreneurship among young people in ACP regions, includes the identification of promising young entrepreneurs; peer-to-peer learning; networking and business-to-business (B2B) matchmaking; mentorship and capacity development; and piloting business models for proof of concept and impact assessment.…”
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Concluding remarks: the tropical legumes projects empowered communities in a wide variety of assets by Akpo, E., Ojiewo, Christopher Ochieng, Omoigui, L.O., Rubyogo, Jean-Claude, Varshney, Rajeev K.

“…Research institutions, management and technical staff, extension services, NGOs, public and private seed companies, agro-dealers, farmer cooperatives, farmer groups, individual seed entrepreneurs, farmers, women farmers, processors, farm implement makers, and traders have all shared their unique impact stories for being part of TL III families.…”
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Collaboration for a living lab for people toward low-emission food system development in Kenya by Habermann, Birgit

“…A living lab makes us think of a city or landscape as an open laboratory, a geographical space where scientists, policymakers, entrepreneurs, innovators, governance structures, and citizens can “plug in” to test and scale innovations, and new technologies, that still need to be made “field proof,” but in a real-life setting A concept emerging in the 1990s mostly in Europe, living labs often were mentioned in the context of open innovation. …”
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