Against the background of the importance of entrepreneurship to economic growth and development, this paper investigates the potential relevance of Entrepreneurship in the Agribusiness sector in Ghana. To this end, the concept of entrepreneurship in developing countries was investigated, and in particular it has been considered the concept of entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector, a sector that has not yet been widely studied in the field of entrepreneurship research. In this review, an entrepreneurship program held in Ghana has been analysed, through the collection of primary data about the entrepreneurial environment in Ghanaian agriculture. The data were collected from managers expert in local development projects in Ghana and former students that took part into the entrepreneurial program called “Okuafo Pa”. Both the managers and the students have been interviewed individually on the theme of “Entrepreneurship in Agribusiness in Ghana” and in particular on the perception of entrepreneurship in the country, on the situation of the agricultural sector and on the importance of boosting entrepreneurship in the local contest. Eventually, the data obtained has been compared with the main findings reported by previous studies with the data obtained from the interviews in order to reach a conclusion.
Sullo sfondo dell'importanza dell'imprenditorialità per la crescita economica e lo sviluppo, questo articolo indaga la potenziale rilevanza dell'imprenditorialità nel settore agroalimentare in Ghana. A tal fine, è stato studiato il concetto di imprenditorialità nei paesi in via di sviluppo, e in particolare il concetto di imprenditorialità nel settore agricolo, un settore che non è stato ancora ampiamente oggetto di ricerca nel campo degli studi sull'imprenditorialità. In questa ricerca, è stato analizzato un programma di imprenditorialità tenuto in Ghana, anche attraverso la raccolta di dati primari sullo stato dell'imprenditorialità nell’agricoltura ghanese. I dati sono stati raccolti da manager esperti di programmi di sviluppo locale ed ex studenti che hanno preso parte al programma imprenditoriale chiamato “Okuafo Pa”. Sia i manager che gli studenti sono stati intervistati individualmente sul tema "Imprenditorialità nell'Agribusiness in Ghana" e in particolare sulla percezione dell'imprenditorialità nel paese, sulla situazione del settore agricolo e sull’importanza di sviluppare l’imprenditorialità nel contesto locale. Infine, i dati ottenuti sono stati confrontati con i principali risultati riportati da studi precedenti con i dati ottenuti dalle interviste al fine di raggiungere una conclusione.
L'imprenditorialità nel settore dell'agribusiness in Ghana
CORONA, CATERINA
2020/2021
Abstract
Against the background of the importance of entrepreneurship to economic growth and development, this paper investigates the potential relevance of Entrepreneurship in the Agribusiness sector in Ghana. To this end, the concept of entrepreneurship in developing countries was investigated, and in particular it has been considered the concept of entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector, a sector that has not yet been widely studied in the field of entrepreneurship research. In this review, an entrepreneurship program held in Ghana has been analysed, through the collection of primary data about the entrepreneurial environment in Ghanaian agriculture. The data were collected from managers expert in local development projects in Ghana and former students that took part into the entrepreneurial program called “Okuafo Pa”. Both the managers and the students have been interviewed individually on the theme of “Entrepreneurship in Agribusiness in Ghana” and in particular on the perception of entrepreneurship in the country, on the situation of the agricultural sector and on the importance of boosting entrepreneurship in the local contest. Eventually, the data obtained has been compared with the main findings reported by previous studies with the data obtained from the interviews in order to reach a conclusion.È consentito all'utente scaricare e condividere i documenti disponibili a testo pieno in UNITESI UNIPV nel rispetto della licenza Creative Commons del tipo CC BY NC ND.
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14239/2045