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dc.contributor.authorEphrem, A.N.
dc.contributor.authorDontsop-Nguezet, P.M.
dc.contributor.authorMurimbika, M.
dc.contributor.authorBamba, Z.
dc.contributor.authorManyong, V.
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-16T09:11:18Z
dc.date.available2022-09-16T09:11:18Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationEphrem, A.N., Dontsop-Nguezet, P.M., Murimbika, M., Bamba, Z. & Manyong, V. (2021). Perceived social norms and agripreneurial intention among youths in eastern DRC. Sustainability, 13(6): 3442, 1-21.
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7760
dc.description.abstractThe Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a country with a high agricultural productivity potential; however, the agribusiness sector remains unattractive to youths. This study examined the extent to which perceived social norms and psychological capital affect youths’ intentions to pursue agribusiness opportunities in the Eastern DRC. Data was collected on a sample of 600 youths. We applied Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS−SEM) in order to examine the relationship between the variables. The findings indicated that most of the youths did not select agribusiness as their top career choice. The intention to engage in agribusiness activities was significantly higher among the youths who perceived that agribusiness was socially valued and supported. Psychological capital significantly and positively affects youths’ agripreneurial intention. The findings contribute to the underlying Theory of Planned Behavior by supporting a positive mediation role of psychological capital—and the moderating roles of educational level, gender, access to land, and location—on the relationship between perceived social norms and agripreneurial intention. The paper concludes that the provision of funds is not enough to promote youth agripreneurship in an environment in which agricultural-related social norms, youths’ psychological capital, gender, access to land, educational level, and location (rural versus urban) are not thoroughly considered.
dc.description.sponsorshipInternational Fund for Agricultural Development
dc.format.extent1-21
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectPsychological Factors
dc.subjectAgribusiness
dc.subjectPoverty Alleviation
dc.subjectFood Security
dc.subjectYouth
dc.subjectDemocratic Republic of the Congo
dc.titlePerceived social norms and agripreneurial intention among youths in eastern DRC
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversité Officielle de Bukavu
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of the Witwatesrand
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionCentral Africa
cg.coverage.countryDemocratic Republic of the Congo
cg.coverage.hubCentral Africa Hub
cg.researchthemeSocial Science and Agribusiness
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidEPHREM:2021
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectAgribusiness
cg.iitasubjectAgronomy
cg.iitasubjectCapacity Development
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectSocioeconomy
cg.iitasubjectValue Chains
cg.journalSustainability
cg.notesOpen Access Article; Published online: 19 Mar 2021
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 0.0)
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13063442
cg.iitaauthor.identifierDONTSOP NGUEZET Paul Martin: 0000-0001-5098-1853
cg.iitaauthor.identifierZoumana BAMBA: 0000-0002-8913-3357
cg.iitaauthor.identifierVictor Manyong: 0000-0003-2477-7132
cg.futureupdate.requiredNo
cg.identifier.issue6
cg.identifier.volume13


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