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

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen_US
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationClark Universityen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationRoyal Tropical Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Ghanaen_US
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Securityen_US
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Marketsen_US
cg.contributor.donorIntegrated Seed Systems Development Africaen_US
cg.contributor.donorNederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoeken_US
cg.contributor.donorAustralian Centre for International Agricultural Researchen_US
cg.contributor.donorInternational Development Research Centreen_US
cg.coverage.countryEthiopiaen_US
cg.coverage.countryGhanaen_US
cg.coverage.countryKenyaen_US
cg.coverage.countryTanzaniaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ETen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GHen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KEen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionNorthern Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierTatiana Gumucio: 0000-0001-9389-2703en_US
cg.creator.identifierRhiannon Pyburn: 0000-0002-8905-8860en_US
cg.creator.identifierAlessandra Galiè: 0000-0001-9868-7733en_US
cg.creator.identifierHumphrey Jumba: 0000-0001-6246-4220en_US
cg.creator.identifierImmaculate Omondi: 0000-0002-0967-1252en_US
cg.creator.identifierBerber Kramer: 0000-0001-7644-6613en_US
cg.creator.identifierCatherine Ragasa: 0000-0002-8033-0784en_US
cg.creator.identifierSamson Dejene Aredo: 0000-0002-3702-9507en_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Ghana Tilapia Seed Project (TiSeed)en_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Markets, Trade, and Institutions Divisionen_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Divisionen_US
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot rankeden_US
cg.number412en_US
cg.placeWageningen, The Netherlandsen_US
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ccafsGENDER AND SOCIAL INCLUSIONen_US
dc.contributor.authorGumucio, Tatianaen_US
dc.contributor.authorKramer, Berberen_US
dc.contributor.authorRagasa, Catherineen_US
dc.contributor.authorPyburn, Rhiannonen_US
dc.contributor.authorGalie, Alessandraen_US
dc.contributor.authorAredo, Samson Dejeneen_US
dc.contributor.authorJumba, Humphreyen_US
dc.contributor.authorNimorme, Evaen_US
dc.contributor.authorOmondi, Immaculate A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSufian, Farha Debaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-12T13:41:23Zen_US
dc.date.available2022-01-12T13:41:23Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/117469en_US
dc.titleGender and seed entrepreneurism: Case studies in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya and Tanzaniaen_US
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_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
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_US
dcterms.extent51 p.en_US
dcterms.isPartOfWorking Paperen_US
dcterms.issued2021-12-22en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherCGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Securityen_US
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134938en_US
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/8127en_US
dcterms.subjectvalue chainsen_US
dcterms.subjectgenderen_US
dcterms.subjectwomen's empowermenten_US
dcterms.subjectseedsen_US
dcterms.subjectentrepreneurshipen_US
dcterms.subjectagricultureen_US
dcterms.subjectfood securityen_US
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen_US
dcterms.typeWorking Paperen_US

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