Gender and seed entrepreneurism: Case studies in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centre
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.contributor.affiliationClark University
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Institute
cg.contributor.affiliationRoyal Tropical Institute
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Ghana
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.contributor.donorIntegrated Seed Systems Development Africa
cg.contributor.donorNederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
cg.contributor.donorAustralian Centre for International Agricultural Research
cg.contributor.donorInternational Development Research Centre
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.countryTanzania
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GH
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KE
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZ
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionNorthern Africa
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.creator.identifierTatiana Gumucio: 0000-0001-9389-2703
cg.creator.identifierRhiannon Pyburn: 0000-0002-8905-8860
cg.creator.identifierAlessandra Galiè: 0000-0001-9868-7733
cg.creator.identifierHumphrey Jumba: 0000-0001-6246-4220
cg.creator.identifierImmaculate Omondi: 0000-0002-0967-1252
cg.creator.identifierBerber Kramer: 0000-0001-7644-6613
cg.creator.identifierCatherine Ragasa: 0000-0002-8033-0784
cg.creator.identifierSamson Dejene Aredo: 0000-0002-3702-9507
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Ghana Tilapia Seed Project (TiSeed)
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Division
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.number412
cg.placeWageningen, The Netherlands
cg.reviewStatusInternal Review
cg.subject.ccafsGENDER AND SOCIAL INCLUSION
dc.contributor.authorGumucio, Tatiana
dc.contributor.authorKramer, Berber
dc.contributor.authorRagasa, Catherine
dc.contributor.authorPyburn, Rhiannon
dc.contributor.authorGaliè, Alessandra
dc.contributor.authorAredo, Samson Dejene
dc.contributor.authorJumba, Humphrey
dc.contributor.authorNimorme, Eva
dc.contributor.authorOmondi, Immaculate A.
dc.contributor.authorSufian, Farha Deba
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-12T13:41:23Zen
dc.date.available2022-01-12T13:41:23Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/117469
dc.titleGender and seed entrepreneurism: Case studies in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya and Tanzaniaen
dcterms.abstractOur paper seeks to identify factors that inhibit and promote women’s success in seed businesses, through three case studies of women’s and men’s entrepreneurship across varying seed-related value chains and country contexts in Africa south of the Sahara. The cases include chicken seed dissemination in Ethiopia and Tanzania, tilapia seed production in Ghana, and marketing and trading of improved maize and sorghum seeds in Kenya. Applying a gender lens, we use qualitative methods to analyze women’s and men’s motivations to engage in seed businesses, the challenges they confront to start and succeed, and prospects for sustainability and continued success. We also use quantitative data to characterize the levels of empowerment of the entrepreneurs sampled. Results show that time flexibility and profitability of the business can be important considerations for women’s engagement in seed entrepreneurship, and the social normative context of the sector is also critical. Furthermore, outside support can be a key factor influencing women’s seed entrepreneurship, per the Kenya case.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGumucio T, Kramer B, Ragasa C, Pyburn R, Galie A, Dejene Aredo S, Jumba H, Nimorme E, Omondi I, Sufian FD. 2021. Gender and seed entrepreneurism: Case studies in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania. CCAFS Working Paper no. 412. Wageningen, the Netherlands: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).en
dcterms.extent51 p.
dcterms.isPartOfWorking Paperen
dcterms.issued2021-12-22
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-4.0
dcterms.publisherCGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134938en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/8127
dcterms.subjectvalue chainsen
dcterms.subjectgenderen
dcterms.subjectwomen's empowermenten
dcterms.subjectseedsen
dcterms.subjectentrepreneurshipen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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