Encouraging a new generation of farmers and agribusinesses is crucial for the future of food and nutrition security. This course outlines the concept of entrepreneur and entrepreneurship, distinction between an entrepreneur and agripreneur. The agripreneurship scope, actors and prospects, in line with Sustainable Develpoment Goals and Agenda 2013. Agripreneurship functions and characteristics, concepts. Ladder of intentions and reasons for farming. Global, regional and local agribusiness environment implications of social, political and economic systems on agripreneurship. Agripreneuship dynamics, agribusinesses, value chains. SMART goal setting. Stages of agripreneurship development, generation, incubation and commercialization of business ideas, role of agrirepreneurship in economic development. Economic policies governing agripreneurship, SMEs, different business structures, pubic private partnerships. Analysis of agripreneurship work ethics and agriprenueurs.
- Teacher: Salesh Kumar