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T. S. Rosenstock et al. (eds.), The Climate-Smart Agriculture Papers,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92798-5_17
Chapter 17
The Role of Farmers’ Entrepreneurial
Orientation on Agricultural Innovations
in Ugandan Multi-Stakeholder Platform
Carlos Luis Barzola Iza, Domenico Dentoni, Martina Mordini,
Prossy Isubikalu, Judith Beatrice Auma Oduol, and Onno Omta
17.1 Introduction
This chapter examines entrepreneurship as part of the broad debate surrounding
when and why farmers adopt agricultural innovations, especially in the context of
multi-stakeholder platforms (MSPs) (Kilelu et al. 2013; Schut et al. 2015) and similar organizations seeking to scale climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices. Farmer
entrepreneurship generally refers to a process of recombining agricultural resources
innovatively to create opportunities for value creation (Shane and Venkataraman
2000; Lans et al. 2013). Entrepreneurial farmers may be among the first in a community to experiment with new practices, mobilize a previously underutilized
resource, or use fresh information to build a new market for agricultural products.
Such skills will be particularly crucial in the coming decades, as climate change
forces farmers to adapt their agricultural systems. Recent investigations suggest that
entrepreneurship may help agents respond to environmental shocks or adapt to rapidly changing market and conditions (Naudé 2010; York and Venkataraman 2010;
Bruton et al. 2008; Khavul and Bruton 2013; Bruton et al. 2013). This literature,
C. L. Barzola Iza (*)
Business Management and Organisation (BMO), Wageningen University,
Hollandseweg 1, Wageningen, 6706 KN, The Netherlands
Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida (FCV), Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral (ESPOL),
Campus Gustavo Galindo, Km 30.5 Via perimetral, Guayaquil, Ecuador
e-mail: carlos.barzolaiza@wur.nl
D. Dentoni · M. Mordini · O. Omta
Business Management and Organisation (BMO), Wageningen University,
Hollandseweg 1, Wageningen, 6706 KN, The Netherlands
P. Isubikalu
College of Agricultural and Environmental Science, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
J. B. Auma Oduol
World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF), Nairobi, Kenya
© The Author(s) 2019
T. S. Rosenstock et al. (eds.), The Climate-Smart Agriculture Papers,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92798-5_17
Chapter 17
The Role of Farmers’ Entrepreneurial
Orientation on Agricultural Innovations
in Ugandan Multi-Stakeholder Platform
Carlos Luis Barzola Iza, Domenico Dentoni, Martina Mordini,
Prossy Isubikalu, Judith Beatrice Auma Oduol, and Onno Omta
17.1 Introduction
This chapter examines entrepreneurship as part of the broad debate surrounding
when and why farmers adopt agricultural innovations, especially in the context of
multi-stakeholder platforms (MSPs) (Kilelu et al. 2013; Schut et al. 2015) and similar organizations seeking to scale climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices. Farmer
entrepreneurship generally refers to a process of recombining agricultural resources
innovatively to create opportunities for value creation (Shane and Venkataraman
2000; Lans et al. 2013). Entrepreneurial farmers may be among the first in a community to experiment with new practices, mobilize a previously underutilized
resource, or use fresh information to build a new market for agricultural products.
Such skills will be particularly crucial in the coming decades, as climate change
forces farmers to adapt their agricultural systems. Recent investigations suggest that
entrepreneurship may help agents respond to environmental shocks or adapt to rapidly changing market and conditions (Naudé 2010; York and Venkataraman 2010;
Bruton et al. 2008; Khavul and Bruton 2013; Bruton et al. 2013). This literature,
C. L. Barzola Iza (*)
Business Management and Organisation (BMO), Wageningen University,
Hollandseweg 1, Wageningen, 6706 KN, The Netherlands
Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida (FCV), Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral (ESPOL),
Campus Gustavo Galindo, Km 30.5 Via perimetral, Guayaquil, Ecuador
e-mail: carlos.barzolaiza@wur.nl
D. Dentoni · M. Mordini · O. Omta
Business Management and Organisation (BMO), Wageningen University,
Hollandseweg 1, Wageningen, 6706 KN, The Netherlands
P. Isubikalu
College of Agricultural and Environmental Science, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
J. B. Auma Oduol
World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF), Nairobi, Kenya