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A Learning Journey at the Inaugural Pacific Week of Agriculture in Vanuatu by Francis, Judith Ann, Dietershagen, Jana

“…For the Pacific Week of Agriculture (PWA), these include: promoting youth agri-entrepreneurship, coordination platforms for innovation in priority value chains for a range of nutritious local agrifood products, opportunities for strengthening agri-tourism linkages, and the scope these offer for linking small-scale producers to markets and building the resilience of rural communities. …”
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Business Model for Community Based Sheep Breeding in Ethiopia by Bereket, Yemariam, Solomon, Rahel, Asnake, Woinshet, Getachew, Tesfaye, Haile, Aynalem, Rischkowsky, Barbara, Kassie, Girma

“…However, there is no self-motivated entrepreneurship around CBBP in the country. Therefore, we formulated a comprehensive business model that details the different aspects related to the establishment, management, and financial feasibility of a community-based sheep breeding business (CBSBB) in three locations. …”
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Rural households in Papua New Guinea afford better diets with income from small businesses by Schmidt, Emily, Mueller, Valerie, Rosenbach, Gracie

“…The findings highlight the relevance of NFEs as a poverty reduction strategy and the importance of targeting when promoting in-country entrepreneurship.…”
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Cluster-based development in Egypt: A study of external shocks to the leather and medicinal and aromatic plant sectors by Abdelaziz, Fatma, Abdelghany, Nancy, Ellis, Mia, William, Amy, Zhang, Xiaobo

“…Findings indicate that it is essential for governments to develop responses to the challenges-and especially barriers-to the development of business clusters, while simultaneously supporting and creating incentives for the cooperation, entrepreneurship, and collective action needed for business clusters to thrive and grow. …”
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Enhancing youth's retention in potato farming enterprise through consortium agribusiness models in Tanzania by Ngozi, S., Feleke, S.

“…In Tanzania, Agri-Hub networks promote entrepreneurship by linking the youth to processing, markets, agricultural input dealers, extension services, and the promotion of existing and emerging agribusiness opportunities. …”
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Understanding the organizational approaches of funders and project implementers to strengthen women’s empowerment through agricultural collectives by Rubin, Deborah

“…Another variation is in the organizations’ attention to enterprise development and, consequently to entrepreneurship and upgrading, and what aspects of women's empowerment are most critical for achieving those goals. …”
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Resource recovery from livestock waste: a compilation of business cases from the Global South by Sathiskumar, Abinaya, Singha, Rajdeep, Agide, Zeleke, Peña, G., Ruiz-Bastidas, R. C., Taron, Avinandan, Mateo-Sagasta, Javier

“…Social impacts are evident in employment creation and community empowerment, notably through women-led cooperatives and rural entrepreneurship initiatives. Key barriers include high upfront costs, limited bio-product markets, and policy or awareness gaps. …”
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Launch of Vendor Business School Program to Empower Small Food Vendors in Quezon City, Philippines by Ricarte, Phoebe, Bertuso, Arma

“…The VBS program is designed to guide and support vendors through training sessions and mentorship programs focused on entrepreneurship, business planning, budgeting, marketing, risk management, adapting to technological changes, establishing financial connections, and ensuring food safety. …”
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From Digital Divide to Opportunity: Digital Solutions to Transform Food, Land and Water Systems for Gender Equality, Youth Empowerment and Social Inclusion by Malhotra, Aayushi, Lutomia, Cosmas, Joshi, Deepa, Lecoutere, Els, Malapit, Hazel J., Fisher, Monica, Khalid, Sidra

“…A recent review identified around 1,400 active digital for agriculture (D4Ag) solutions, covering advice, markets, finances, supply chains, and entrepreneurship (Beanstalk AgTech 2023). Digital innovations offer opportunities to enhance agricultural productivity, environmental sustainability, and to better connect smallholder farmers to markets, but digital solutions may also exacerbate social exclusion. …”
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Vikten av entreprenörskap & innovation för den svenska landsbygden : en litteraturstudie om hur entreprenörskap och innovation kan stödja utvecklingen av en ekonomiskt, socialt och... by Cappelen, Pauline, Frösslund, Erik, Ranbäck, Charlotte

Entreprenöriella lantbruksföretag i skånska Provence : fallstudie av tre företag i östra Skåne by Bertilsson, Hanna, Johnsson, Katarina

Mat i rättan tid : en diskussion om Landsbygdsprogrammets matsatsningar i Skåne 2007-2013 by Nilsson, Sara

Investing in farmers through public–private–producer partnerships: Rural empowerment and agricultural development scaling-up initiative in Indonesia by Bogor, Siti Amanah, Suprehatin, Suprehatin, Iskandar, Elvira, Eugenia, Lani, Chaidirsyah, Ranny M.

“…In addition, farmers developed group cooperation and decision-making skills, and group members learned communication, entrepreneurship and marketing skills. This publication is part of the Country Investment Highlights series under the FAO Investment Centre's Knowledge for Investment (K4I) programme.…”
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Medium and large-scale farmers and agricultural mechanization in Ghana: Survey results by Chapoto, Antony, Houssou, Nazaire, Mabiso, Athur, Cossar, Frances

“…Successful commercialization of farming enterprises and farmer entrepreneurship are thought to embody the key features of structural transformation and provide a pathway out of poverty and subsistence agriculture for the rural farm households. …”
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Redesigning Delivery: Boosting Adoption of Coffee Management Practices in Uganda. The climate smart investment pathway approach and the farmer segmentation tool by Jassogne, Laurence T.P., Mukasa, David, Bukomeko, Hannington, Kemigisha, Elizabeth, Kirungi, Diana, Giller, Onno, Asten, Piet J.A. van

“…These smaller packages are aimed at being more aligned with the structural (resource endowments) and functional (entrepreneurship) characteristics of different types of farmers. …”
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Assessing the governance capacity to implement resource-oriented sanitation and waste management systems in urban areas of Latin America and the Caribbean by García Aguilar, Mónica Carlota

“…Low level of knowledge of resource recovery from OWS in the public spheres, insufficient collaboration and communication across sectors and institutions that had competences on waste management and sanitation, short-term vision within the local decision-making processes and insufficient incentives to support local entrepreneurship on circular economy. Despite these challenges, analysis also revealed the existence of public-private partnerships and entrepreneurs working in successful initiatives linked with resource-oriented systems in Chía and other towns of Cundinamarca county. …”
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Entreprenörskap på landsbygden by Fagerson, Lisa, Skogh, Emilia

“…Another conclusion that emerged with their work is that the gist of all the combined factors such as entrepreneurship, networking, marketing and brand building is the basis for its establishment and development. …”
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Grisproduktionen på Gotland by Olsson, Erik

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Anticipating gender impacts in scaling innovations for agriculture: Insights from the literature by McGuire, Erin, Rietveld, Anne M., Crump, Amanda, Leeuwis, Cees

“…Our review finds six points of attention to reflect upon unique gender considerations when innovating and scaling innovation: i) Comprising research and project teams, ii) Designing agricultural innovations, iii) Communicating and extension of innovation, iv) Choosing scale models: entrepreneurship and business development, v) Reinventing and changing technology, and vi) Engaging with the political economy of innovation. …”
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Stakeholder workshop brief: Social and behaviour change intervention for scaling equitable access to rice and common beans quality seed in Butaleja District Eastern Uganda by Bomuhangi, Allan, Amuda, Alex, Mikhala, Audrine, Lengewa, Catherine, Nchanji, Eileen, Asea, Godfrey, Yila, Jummai, L'parnoi, Peter, Kinyota, Phillip, Echesa, Prisca

“…Organized through the collaboration between IRRI, the National Agriculture Research Organization (NARO), and CBCC as the implementing partner, the workshop highlighted the need for seed entrepreneurship to scale up production and adoption of high-quality seed varieties among smallholder farmers in Naweyo and Mazimasa Sub-counties in Butaleja District4. …”
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