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    Entrepreneurial potential and agribusiness desirability among youths in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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    Date
    2023-01-03
    Author
    Simbeko, G.
    Dontsop-Nguezet, P.
    Sekabira, H.
    Yami, M.
    Amato-Masirika, S.
    Bheenick, K.
    Bugandwa, D.
    Nyamuhirwa, D.A.
    Mignouna, J.
    Bamba, Z.
    Manyong, V.
    Type
    Journal Article
    Review Status
    Peer Review
    Target Audience
    Scientists
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    In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), entrepreneurship in the agriculture sector remains for youth a key pillar for income creation. However, few are attracted by agribusiness despite stakeholders’ efforts toward engaging youth in agriculture. Therefore, this study examines the relationship between entrepreneurial potential characteristics and youth desirability to start an enterprise in agriculture among 514 young people in Eastern DRC. This study revealed that youth in South Kivu have different entrepreneurship potential features and agribusiness desirability levels according to their gender and living area. Hence, the youth’s agribusiness desirability is motivated by an awareness of emerging agripreneurial activities, land ownership, parent involvement in farming activities as a role model, perceived agribusiness as an employment source, management-organizing and opportunistic competencies, market analysis, negotiating, and planning skills. Therefore, efforts to attract youth into agribusiness should focus on the use of media, the creation of awareness of available agribusiness initiatives in their area, and the setup of land policy. This is in addition to putting in place capacity-building programs on entrepreneurial and business skills through incubators, and the formalization of youth agribusiness groups that foster capitalizing experiences between new and accelerated agripreneurial enterprises, with the support of parents and financial institutions, focusing on gender sensitivity, in both rural and urban areas.
    https://doi.org/10.3390/su15010873
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/8092
    IITA Authors ORCID
    guy simbekohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8895-1737
    DONTSOP NGUEZET Paul Martinhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5098-1853
    HARUNA SEKABIRAhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5675-7211
    Serge AMATO MASIRIKAhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3657-5343
    Akonkwa Nyamuhirwa Dieu-Mercihttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0113-6455
    Zoumana BAMBAhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8913-3357
    Victor Manyonghttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2477-7132
    Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
    https://doi.org/10.3390/su15010873
    Research Themes
    Social Science and Agribusiness
    IITA Subjects
    Agribusiness; Capacity Development; Livelihoods; Smallholder Farmers; Socioeconomy
    Agrovoc Terms
    Entrepreneurs; Agribusiness; Youth; Democratic Republic of the Congo
    Regions
    Africa; Central Africa
    Countries
    Democratic Republic of the Congo
    Hubs
    Eastern Africa Hub; Central Africa Hub
    Journals
    Sustainability
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