Becoming from within: Understanding the emergence and embeddedness of inclusive agribusiness entrepreneurs
Published in Wiley Online Library: Poverty & Public Policy, 2025
Based on the comparative case method and utilizing qualitative case studies of two IAB entrepreneurs in Nigeria who partnered with low-income smallholder farmers, we identify the mechanisms that lead to the emergence and embeddedness of IAB entrepreneurship. Our findings illustrate the pre-existing conditions, entrepreneurial actions, and emergent outcomes of IAB entrepreneurship. We find that IAB entrepreneurship involves the complex interplay between the micro-dynamics of entrepreneurs and the macro-level structures of their local ecosystems. Our paper contributes to understanding how entrepreneurship emerges, resources are mobilized, and value is co-created in impoverished rural contexts through the agentic dynamics of productive entrepreneurs and their local stakeholders.
Recommended citation: Akiode M., & Roundy, P.T. (2025). Becoming from within: Understanding the emergence and embeddedness of inclusive agribusiness entrepreneurs, Poverty & Public Policy 17(4), e70043. https://doi.org/10.1002/pop4.70043
Download Paper