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The Role of Agribusiness Innovation Incubation for Africa's Development
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Nicholas Ozor --- , KenyaThe global economic crisis coupled with increases in food and fuel prices and the looming impacts of climate change have necessitated that Africa should urgently rise up to these challenges and opportunities by promoting growth, food security, employment, poverty reduction... -
KwaZulu-Natal commercial farmers' perceptions of and management responses to HIV/AIDS
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Lyndon Gray --- Agricultural Economics, School of Agricultural Sciences and Agribusiness, South Africa Stuart Ferrer --- Agricultural Economics, School of Agricultural Sciences and Agribusiness, South Africa Gerald Ortmann --- Agricultural Economics, School of Agricultural Sciences and Agribusiness, South AfricaThis study examines commercial farmers' perceptions of and management responses to the HIV epidemic, among a sample in KwaZulu-Natal Province in South Africa. The analysis is based on responses to a postal survey of commercial farmers belonging to KwaZulu-Natal Agricultural... -
The cost efficiency of small farm inclusion in agribusiness supply chains
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: K Sartorius --- School of Accountancy, J Kirsten --- Department of Agricultural Economics,The inclusion of small-scale commercial farmers in South African agribusiness supply chains is a national priority and there is an urgent need for managerial accounting (MAS) inputs to successfully accomplish this objective. This paper explores ways that small farmers can... -
Strengthening Capacity for Agribusiness Development and Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Suresh Chandra Babu --- Capacity Strengthening Program, USA Rupak Manvatkar --- World Food Programme, Italy Shashidhara Kolavalli --- Ghana Strategy Support Program, GhanaIn sub-Saharan Africa, agribusiness has a major role to play in the transformation of the agricultural sector. The demand for high-value food products is increasing, creating an opportunity for the production and export of these goods. To capture the benefits... -
Analytical Review of African Agribusiness Competitiveness
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Suresh Chandra Babu --- International Food Policy Research Institute, USA Mahika Shishodia --- International Food Policy Research Institute, USAAgribusiness has a major role to play in the transformation of the agricultural sector in Africa. With the demand for high-value food products increasing across the world, there is an opportunity for an increase in income/employment through the production and... -
The effect of innovation practices on agribusiness performance: A structural equation modelling (SEM) approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Evans Brako Ntiamoah --- College of Management, People’s Republic of China Dongmei Li --- College of Management, People’s Republic of China Daniel Bruce Sarpong --- Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness,This study investigates how innovation practices including product, process, marketing and organizational innovation affect agribusiness performance such as innovative, production, marketing and financial performance in Ghanaian agribusiness companies. Data were collected through survey questionnaires from 1526 respondents mainly from inputs... -
Evaluation of agribusiness performance in Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Chukwuma Otum Ume --- , Germany Anslem Anibueze Enete --- , Nigeria Anthony Nwajesus Onyekuru --- , Patience Ifeyinwa Opata --- , NigeriaIn Nigeria, agribusiness has a major role to play in the transformation of the agricultural sector. Little is known about the key performance indicators relevant to the agribusiness sector. This article employed the latest World Bank Enterprise Survey data to... -
Effect of entrepreneurial orientation on business performance of young women agribusiness owners in Benin: Do social and business environments matter?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Smith A. R. Dossou --- University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin Razack Adeoti --- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nigeria Augustin K. N. Aoudji --- University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin Mignouna Djana --- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), NigeriaThis research examined how key entrepreneurial orientation (EO) dimensions influence business performance of young women agribusiness owners, as well as the moderating effects of social and business environments on these relationships. Data were collected from a sample of 365 young...