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1 Moustier, P.; Danso, George. 2006. Local economic development and marketing of urban produced food. In van Veenhuizen, R. (Ed.). Cities farming for the future: Urban agriculture for green and productive Cities. Leusden, Netherlands: Network of Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF Foundation); Ottawa, Canada: International Development Research Centre (IDRC); Silang, Philippines: International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR). pp.174-195.
Urban agriculture ; Food production ; Marketing ; Farmers ; Subsistence farming ; Entrepreneurship ; Economic impact ; Farm income ; Social impact / Zambia / Burkina Faso / Ghana / Ethiopia / Thailand / Vietnam
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 630 G000 VAN Record No: H039850)
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2 2006. Empowerment of Women Through Rural Enterprises, Report of the International Workshop, Hyderabad, India, 20-27 March 2006. New Delhi, India: Afro-Asian Rural Development Organization (ARRDO) 225p.
Women in development ; Rural women ; Empowerment ; Entrepreneurship ; Employment ; Training ; Community development ; Development projects / Egypt / Bangladesh / Taiwan / Ghana / India / Iraq / Jordan / Kenya / Malaysia / Mauritius / Morocco / Nigeria / Pakistan / Philippines / Sudan / Syria / Zambia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 305.42 G000 EMP Record No: H040111)
3 Krattiger, A.; Mahoney, R. T.; Nelsen, L.; Thomson, J. A.; Bennett, A. B.; Satyanarayana, K.; Graff, G. D.; Fernandez, C.; Kowalski, S. P. (Eds.) 2007. Intellectual property management in health and agricultural innovation: a hand book of best practices. Executive Guide. Oxford, UK: Centre for the Management of Intellectual Property in Health Research Development (MIHR); Davis, CA, USA: Public Intellectual Property Resource for Agriculture (PIPRA). 214p.
Intellectual property rights ; Best practices ; Innovations ; Patents ; Legal aspects ; Technology transfer ; Contracts ; Agreements ; Case studies ; Licences ; Public sector ; Entrepreneurship ; Risk Management
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 346.048 GG000 KRA Record No: H041420)
4 Banerjee, A. V.; Duflo, E. 2011. Poor economics: a radical rethinking of the way to fight global poverty. New York, NY, USA: Public Affairs. 303p.
Rural poverty ; Hunger ; Economic aspects ; Entrepreneurship ; Social aspects ; Education ; Public health ; Political aspects ; Policy ; Institutions ; Non governmental organizations / India / Afghanistan / Hyderabad / Kabul
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 339.46 G000 BAN Record No: H044381)
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5 Otoo, Miriam; Ibro, G.; Fulton, J.; Lowenberg-Deboer, J. 2012. Micro-entrepreneurship in Niger: factors affecting the success of women street food vendors. Journal of African Business, 13(1):16-28. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/15228916.2012.657937]
Gender ; Women ; Employment ; Female labor ; Urban areas ; Street foods ; Merchants ; Entrepreneurship ; Informal sector ; Income ; Market research ; Regression analysis ; Models ; Cowpeas / Niger / Niamey / Maradi / Zinder
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044858)
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/15228916.2012.657937
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044858.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044858.pdf
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Micro-entrepreneurship in the informal sector plays a vital role in generating employment and income in West Africa. In this article, the authors examine business success factors for micro-entrepreneurs involved in the production and sale of street foods in Niger, drawing on the resource-based view theory. Business success was measured by size of firm and vendor’s perception of enterprise growth. Their results indicate that business experience is an important success factor, while the need for cash is a constraint for business success. A rare resource, limited access to financial assets translates into limited opportunities for growth of these informal micro-enterprises into viable businesses.
6 Yeophantong, P. 2017. River activism, policy entrepreneurship and transboundary water disputes in Asia. Water International, 42(2):163-186. (Special issue: Transboundary River Cooperation: Actors, Strategies and Impact). [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2017.1279041]
International waters ; International cooperation ; Conflict ; Water policy ; Water resources ; Water governance ; Entrepreneurship ; River basins ; Dams ; Water power ; Development projects ; Civil society organizations ; State intervention ; Social aspects / Asia / India / Myanmar / China / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Mekong River / Brahmaputra River / Nu-Salween River / Xayaburi Dam
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048011)
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This article examines the role of non-state actors – namely, ‘river activists’ – in the management of major transboundary rivers in Asia. Focusing on unresolved disputes over the utilization of the water resources of the Mekong, Nu-Salween and Brahmaputra Rivers, it argues that aside from riparian governments, these activists have contributed considerably to shaping the nature of socio-political contestation in these cases. Drawing upon a ‘policy entrepreneurship’ framework for analysis, civil society actors are revealed to play an important, if not leading, role in catalyzing and framing water disputes at the national and transnational levels, with cascading consequences for regional water governance.
7 Nhemachena, Charles; Murimbika, M. 2019. Motivations of sustainable entrepreneurship and their impact of enterprise performance in Gauteng Province, South Africa. Business Strategy and Development, 1(2):115-127. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/bsd2.16]
Entrepreneurship ; Sustainable development ; Performance evaluation ; Financing ; Business management ; Income / South Africa / Gauteng Province
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048612)
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The paper discussed motivations of sustainable entrepreneurship in Gauteng Province, South Africa, and estimated relationships between these motivations and enterprise performance. Despite the growing field of sustainable entrepreneurship, most of the available literature has been mainly theoretical and qualitative or has focused on developed countries. This paper contributes to addressing this gap through empirical analysis based on primary survey data from 91 sustainable entrepreneurs. Reliability of the performance and motivation scales were subjected to the Cronbach's alpha coefficient test, and the results were acceptable. The exploratory factor analysis indicated that the motivations of sustainable entrepreneurship factored into 4 dimensions: extrinsic, intrinsic, income security and financial independence, and necessity motivations. Regression analysis revealed that extrinsic and intrinsic motivations are important determinants of enterprise performance. These motivations can be targeted to promote sustainable entrepreneurship in addition to complementary support such as improving business management skills and competencies of sustainable entrepreneurs.
8 Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS). 2017. Proceedings and recommendations of Scaling Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable Intensification in South Asia - A Regional Policy Dialogue, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 8-9 September 2017. New Delhi, India: Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS). 30p.
Sustainable agriculture ; Farming systems ; Conservation agriculture ; Intensification ; Agricultural development ; Agricultural policies ; Corporate culture ; Capacity building ; Entrepreneurship ; Business models / South Asia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048772)
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9 Jordan, A.; Huitema, D.; van Asselt, H.; Forster, J. (Eds.) 2018. Governing climate change: polycentricity in action? Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 389p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108284646]
Climate change adaptation ; Governance ; International agreements ; Environmental conventions ; UNFCCC ; International organizations ; Environmental organizations ; State intervention ; Regulations ; International law ; Environmental policies ; Carbon markets ; Entrepreneurship ; Economic aspects ; Technology transfer ; Innovation ; Experimentation ; Energy technology ; Solar energy ; Towns ; Political aspects ; Equity ; Leadership ; Diffusion ; Monitoring ; Evaluation ; Learning
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048770)
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/033486F6DA7F2CD1F8F3D6011B17909B/9781108418126AR.pdf/Governing_Climate_Change.pdf?event-type=FTLA
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048770.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048770.pdf
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10 Soni, R.; Mathai, W.; Davis, L.; Njenga, M. 2018. Women in energy: perspectives on engaging women across the energy value chain: the case of wPOWER. In Njenga, M.; Mendum, R. (Eds.). Recovering bioenergy in Sub-Saharan Africa: gender dimensions, lessons and challenges. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). pp.59-67. (Resource Recovery and Reuse: Special Issue)
Energy generation ; Gender ; Role of women ; Value chain ; Cooking ; Household consumption ; Charcoal ; Partnerships ; Entrepreneurship ; Renewable energy ; Best practices ; Advocacy ; Training ; Communities ; Case studies
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049007)
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11 Rosenstock, T. S.; Nowak, A.; Girvetz, E. (Eds.) 2019. The climate-smart agriculture papers: investigating the business of a productive, resilient and low emission future. Cham, Switzerland: SpringerOpen. 321p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92798-5]
Climate-smart agriculture ; Climate change adaptation ; Resilience ; Emission ; Forecasting ; Sustainable agriculture ; Farming systems ; Crop production ; Varieties ; Drought tolerance ; Nutrition ; Seed production ; Soils ; Agroforestry ; Participatory approaches ; Public-private cooperation ; Stakeholders ; Smallholders ; Farmers ; Entrepreneurship ; Income ; Agricultural extension ; Innovation ; Supply chain ; Risks ; Uncertainty ; Models ; Policies ; Households ; Welfare ; Women ; Livestock ; Infectious diseases ; Rural finance ; Traditional methods ; Stress ; Religion ; Case studies / Africa / Angola / Zimbabwe / Ethiopia / Kenya / Mozambique / Tanzania / Uganda / Namibia / Planalto / Lushoto
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049125)
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-319-92798-5.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049125.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049125.pdf
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12 Saruchera, D.; Lautze, Jonathan. 2019. Small reservoirs in Africa: a review and synthesis to strengthen future investment. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 45p. (IWMI Working Paper 189) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2019.209]
Small scale systems ; Reservoirs ; Rehabilitation ; Irrigation management ; Irrigation investment ; Reinvestment ; Cost benefit analysis ; Water availability ; Water storage ; Water institutions ; Water supply ; Water use ; Water users ; Dams ; Sedimentation ; Infrastructure ; Performance indexes ; Food security ; Living standards ; Household income ; Public health ; Environmental sustainability ; Land use ; Impact assessment ; Nongovernmental organizations ; State intervention ; Financing ; Funding ; Socioeconomic development ; Rural communities ; Entrepreneurship ; Gender ; Women’s participation ; Empowerment ; Livestock ; Case studies / Africa / Zambia / Nteme Reservoir / Keemba Reservoir / Chuuka Reservoir / Makoye Reservoir / Bodela/Siyafakwenda Reservoir / Mboole Reservoir / Chifusa Reservoir / Chuundwe Reservoir / Milangu Reservoir / Mulabalaba Reservoir
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H049244)
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Small reservoirs are a critical coping mechanism in water-stressed rural areas in Africa, providing immense livelihood benefits that include improved food and water security, entrepreneurial activities and climate resilience. Challenges associated with the implementation of investments in small reservoirs include appropriate site selection, weak institutions, insufficient maintenance and sedimentation. The findings from this study suggest that the benefits of small reservoirs may be tapped more efficiently by rehabilitating old sites rather than building new infrastructure. However, the findings also point to broader lessons on the need to change the way of doing business, i.e., to adopt a long-term, more holistic approach (or model) to the construction and maintenance of small reservoirs that matches the degree of the challenge associated with sustainably tapping the benefits of the water that they store.
13 Sikora, R. A.; Terry, E. R.; Vlek, P. L. G.; Chitja, J. (Eds.) 2020. Transforming agriculture in southern Africa: constraints, technologies, policies and processes. Abingdon, Oxon, UK: Routledge. 323p. (Earthscan Food and Agriculture Series) [doi: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429401701]
Climate-smart agriculture ; Agricultural mechanization ; Transformation ; Constraints ; Digital technology ; Policies ; Strategies ; Intensification ; Diversification ; Crop improvement ; Postharvest control ; Integrated Pest Management ; Renewable energy ; Soil management ; Climate change ; Food production ; Food safety ; Food security ; Land use ; Soil fertility ; Genetic techniques ; Seeds ; Land reform ; Land tenure ; Farming systems ; Cropping systems ; Small scale systems ; Smallholders ; Ecosystem services ; Nutrition ; Livestock production ; Animal health ; Forests ; Urban areas ; Markets ; Rural development ; Entrepreneurship ; Economic development ; Labour ; Gender ; Capacity building ; Farmers ; SADC countries / Africa South of Sahara / Southern Africa / Eswatini / Lesotho / Malawi / Mozambique / Namibia / South Africa / United Republic of Tanzania / Zambia / Zimbabwe
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049917)
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14 Hernandez-Chea, R.; Mahdad, M.; Minh, Thai Thi; Hjortso, C. N. 2021. Moving beyond intermediation: how intermediary organizations shape collaboration dynamics in entrepreneurial ecosystems. Technovation, 108:102332. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2021.102332]
Entrepreneurship ; Collaboration ; Agroindustrial sector ; Universities ; Research organizations ; Technology transfer ; Resource management ; Innovation ; Markets ; Economic aspects ; Case studies / East Africa / Kenya / Uganda / Nairobi / Kampala
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050495)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166497221001139/pdfft?md5=03f877de6e61ce069201db34c9c885d5&pid=1-s2.0-S0166497221001139-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050495.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050495.pdf
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Recently, increasing attention has been paid to entrepreneurial ecosystems and the process of their formation and function. Researchers have noted the important role that intermediary organizations such as incubators play in connecting various actors within ecosystems. Yet our understanding of this role is limited to a few empirical insights. Using resource dependence and embeddedness as theoretical lenses, the present research examines the role of incubators in entrepreneurial ecosystem formation and function, and analyzes how intermediation activities shape collaboration patterns embedded within entrepreneurial ecosystems. Our findings are based on an empirical investigation of two entrepreneurial ecosystems, one in Kenya and one in Uganda. Our analysis of 38 semi-structured interviews with entrepreneurial actors in these ecosystems reveals the underlying structural, operational, and relational conditions that influence the actors’ interaction with each other. We propose three collaboration patterns that emerge among actors in entrepreneurial ecosystems under these conditions: one-sided dependency-based, joint dependency-based, and mutual dependency-based collaborations. We discuss these patterns in detail and identify the circumstances in which each is most likely to occur. This empirical setting clearly shows that beyond their primary roles of providing space, network, and advice to entrepreneurs, intermediary organizations in entrepreneurial ecosystems play a significant role in orchestrating collaborations. Finally, we reflect on the limitations of this study and offer implications for future research.
15 Korzenevica, M.; Grasham, C. F.; Johnson, Z.; Gebreegzabher, A.; Mebrahtu, S.; Zerihun, Z.; Hoque, S. F.; Charles, K. J. 2022. Negotiating spaces of marginality and independence: on women entrepreneurs within Ethiopian urbanization and water precarity. World Development, 158:105966. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2022.105966]
Gender ; Women ; Entrepreneurship ; Marginalization ; Negotiation ; Urbanization ; Water supply ; Water access ; Social aspects ; Norms ; Empowerment ; Households / Ethiopia / Tigray / Wukro
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051332)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X22001565/pdfft?md5=3ed6f395debc4aaeda69717ed11ec2de&pid=1-s2.0-S0305750X22001565-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051332.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051332.pdf
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In the context of the growth of Ethiopia’s market economy the importance of women-owned enterprises is acknowledged, with barriers to economic success outlined in a limited number of studies. However, the daily struggles and embodied experiences of low-skilled women entrepreneurs in informal economies, as well as precarious and unequal intermittent water environments, have been insufficiently understood. We analyse how women strive for and negotiate their independence through spatiality and how services, specifically water, affect their ability to develop their business spaces. The evidence derives from five studies, using mixed methods, conducted in the small town of Wukro, Ethiopia. The methods used were household surveys, a water diary, and interviews with women entrepreneurs - owners of coffee, alcohol, and hair salons businesses. Our study finds that they develop their businesses through the simultaneous presence of various, multilevel spaces of marginality/paradoxical spaces and articulation of independence as control over one’s business and body. Unlike the positive term ‘empowerment’, the lens of negotiating ‘independence’ integrates spaces of conflicting subjectivities, where marginality and resistance, suffering and claimed control, interpellation, and re-construction of own identities are simultaneously present. We suggest that water struggles are analysed not only through the evaluation of water shortages and unequal geographical sectorization but also through the perspective of ‘water precarity’ (Sultana, 2020) as in our study it was a water-induced lack of control over businesses and daily lives that caused the most suffering. We highlight that this multidimensional approach is pivotal in supporting women’s entrepreneurship and gender equality.
16 Siddique, M.; Sanjrani, M. A.; Rani, K. 2023. Green technology for water scarcity: an entrepreneurial business may bring transformation in water management practices. Irrigation and Drainage, 16p. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.2832]
Water scarcity ; Entrepreneurship ; Business models ; Water management ; Environmental sustainability ; Policy making ; Water treatment ; Water supply ; Rainwater harvesting ; Constructed wetlands
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051850)
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Despite the contributions of modern business practices to environmentally sustainable transformation, there is not enough information on different types of green technologies and their applications. Therefore, it is essential to identify and classify business models that focus on the management practices of green technology. While the literature on green technology business models has received increasing attention over the last decade, interdisciplinary research into this growing phenomenon is still in its infancy and fragmented. The study focuses on the need for green technology for water management worldwide. Such management practices for green technology represent a research gap in the study area because no one has worked in this field before. There should be research to address people's management practices of green entrepreneurial business. The literature highlights that the issue of water crises may be minimized with the management practices of green entrepreneurial business and by applying global green water treatment techniques. The authors believe that this study would be very beneficial for future research on policymaking based on management practices of green technology that promote environmental sustainability through a green business environment.
17 Kabuli, A.; Enokenwa Baa, Ojongetakah; Davis, K. 2024. A landscape analysis of youth engagement in agripreneurship in Malawi. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on Diversification in East and Southern Africa. 26p.
Youth ; Participation ; Agriculture ; Entrepreneurship ; Agribusiness ; Sustainability ; Finance ; Loans ; Market access ; Intervention ; Strategies ; Policies ; Agricultural value chains ; Land access ; Private sector ; Non-governmental organizations / Malawi / Chikwawa / Balaka / Nkhotakota / Nkhatabay
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052710)
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This report aims to explore the multidimensional challenges and opportunities for youth in agripreneurship in Malawi for a better understanding of interventions for youth in agribusiness. It examines the enabling and disenabling environment for young agripreneurs and how best to engage youth within the agribusiness sector. The report draws on in-depth interviews, workshops, and secondary literature to highlight key issues and strategies to engage youth agripreneurs in Malawi. It also offers recommendations for actors, practitioners, and policymakers to enhance transformative interventions for youth participation in agribusiness. Suggested measures include improving access to input, market, and equipment, setting up quota systems targeting youth agripreneurs, and better coordinating youth programs between ministries and the private sectors. The report also emphasized that these strategies are not just to achieve youth inclusion in agribusiness but also for the sustainability of youth programs which contribute to building resilient societies.
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