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

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationClark Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationRoyal Tropical Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Ghanaen
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.contributor.donorIntegrated Seed Systems Development Africaen
cg.contributor.donorNederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoeken
cg.contributor.donorAustralian Centre for International Agricultural Researchen
cg.contributor.donorInternational Development Research Centreen
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: 0000-0001-9389-2703en
cg.creator.identifierRhiannon Pyburn: 0000-0002-8905-8860en
cg.creator.identifierAlessandra Galiè: 0000-0001-9868-7733en
cg.creator.identifierHumphrey Jumba: 0000-0001-6246-4220en
cg.creator.identifierImmaculate Omondi: 0000-0002-0967-1252en
cg.creator.identifierBerber Kramer: 0000-0001-7644-6613en
cg.creator.identifierCatherine Ragasa: 0000-0002-8033-0784en
cg.creator.identifierSamson Dejene Aredo: 0000-0002-3702-9507en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Ghana Tilapia Seed Project (TiSeed)en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Markets, Trade, and Institutions Divisionen
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Divisionen
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot rankeden
cg.number412en
cg.placeWageningen, The Netherlandsen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
cg.subject.ccafsGENDER AND SOCIAL INCLUSIONen
dc.contributor.authorGumucio, Tatianaen
dc.contributor.authorKramer, Berberen
dc.contributor.authorRagasa, Catherineen
dc.contributor.authorPyburn, Rhiannonen
dc.contributor.authorGalie, Alessandraen
dc.contributor.authorAredo, Samson Dejeneen
dc.contributor.authorJumba, Humphreyen
dc.contributor.authorNimorme, Evaen
dc.contributor.authorOmondi, Immaculate A.en
dc.contributor.authorSufian, Farha Debaen
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.en
dcterms.isPartOfWorking Paperen
dcterms.issued2021-12-22en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-4.0
dcterms.publisherCGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Securityen
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134938en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/8127en
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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