The entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) literature often overlooks rural contexts and developing economies where productive entrepreneurship is assumed to be limited in scope. To address this oversight, we explore the phenomenon of inclusive agribusiness (IAB) entrepreneurs who adopt sustainable agricultural practices to drive poverty alleviation in low‐income rural areas. 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 …Read here

In embryonic entrepreneurial ecosystems, support policy frameworks seek to revitalize rural communities, alleviate poverty, transform key sectors of the economy and develop local businesses by increasing access to finance among others. However, policy frameworks rarely foster vertical connections across ecosystems particularly from the bottom-up. In some cases, entrepreneurial ecosystem elements do not necessarily address the peculiar needs of entrepreneurial diversity within the ecosystem. Drawing insights from smallholders, this paper seeks to examine the outlook for entrepreneurial opportunities among them and the influence of entrepreneurial ecosystem support on entrepreneurship opportunities outlook. The paper identifies the key drivers of bottom-up entrepreneurship opportunities. The study concludes that fostering bottom-up entrepreneurship among smallholders with a discovery entrepreneurship ……Read here