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

dc.contributor.authorSimbeko, G.
dc.contributor.authorDontsop-Nguezet, P.
dc.contributor.authorSekabira, H.
dc.contributor.authorYami, M.
dc.contributor.authorAmato-Masirika, S.
dc.contributor.authorBheenick, K.
dc.contributor.authorBugandwa, D.
dc.contributor.authorNyamuhirwa, D.A.
dc.contributor.authorMignouna, J.
dc.contributor.authorBamba, Z.
dc.contributor.authorManyong, V.
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-16T08:25:41Z
dc.date.available2023-03-16T08:25:41Z
dc.date.issued2023-01-03
dc.identifier.citationSimbeko, G., Dontsop-Nguezet, P., Sekabira, H., Yami, M., Amato-Masirika, S., Bheenick, K., ... & Manyong, V. (2023). Entrepreneurial potential and agribusiness desirability among youths in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Sustainability, 15(1), 1-23.
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/8092
dc.description.abstractIn 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.
dc.description.sponsorshipInternational Fund for Agricultural Development
dc.format.extent1-23
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectEntrepreneurs
dc.subjectAgribusiness
dc.subjectYouth
dc.subjectDemocratic Republic of the Congo
dc.titleEntrepreneurial potential and agribusiness desirability among youths in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.crpMaize
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions and Markets
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversité Catholique de Bukavu
cg.contributor.affiliationIndependent Researcher, Ethiopia
cg.contributor.affiliationFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionCentral Africa
cg.coverage.countryDemocratic Republic of the Congo
cg.coverage.hubEastern Africa Hub
cg.coverage.hubCentral Africa Hub
cg.researchthemeSocial Science and Agribusiness
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidSIMBEKO:2023
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectAgribusiness
cg.iitasubjectCapacity Development
cg.iitasubjectLivelihoods
cg.iitasubjectSmallholder Farmers
cg.iitasubjectSocioeconomy
cg.journalSustainability
cg.notesOpen Access Journal; Published online: 03 Jan 2023
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 0.0)
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/su15010873
cg.iitaauthor.identifierguy simbeko: 0000-0002-8895-1737
cg.iitaauthor.identifierDONTSOP NGUEZET Paul Martin: 0000-0001-5098-1853
cg.iitaauthor.identifierHARUNA SEKABIRA: 0000-0001-5675-7211
cg.iitaauthor.identifierSerge AMATO MASIRIKA: 0000-0003-3657-5343
cg.iitaauthor.identifierAkonkwa Nyamuhirwa Dieu-Merci: 0000-0003-0113-6455
cg.iitaauthor.identifierZoumana BAMBA: 0000-0002-8913-3357
cg.iitaauthor.identifierVictor Manyong: 0000-0003-2477-7132
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cg.identifier.issue1
cg.identifier.volume15


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