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Entrepreneurship in agriculture: a literature review

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Whereas scholars in entrepreneurship have focused their studies on various entrepreneurial situations, little is known about entrepreneurship in agriculture. Using the Scopus database, we analyse 229 papers related to this topic to understand what entrepreneurship means in agriculture, why this topic is growing, and who publishes and where. This paper provides quantitative results that can be useful for scholars, consultants and decision makers. It also provides a qualitative analysis of the topic, showing a structure for the idea of change: agri-entrepreneurship appears as a new paradigm based on the implementation of deliberate strategies to respond to liberalisation and sustainability. These results are discussed while taking into account the criticism of liberalisation and sustainable concerns. We show that the debates on liberalisation do not question the legitimacy of the agri-entrepreneurship topic but rather question the way farmers undertake it and how entrepreneurship can reinforce the resilience of farms.

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  • Roland Condor, 2020. "Entrepreneurship in agriculture: a literature review," International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 40(4), pages 516-562.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijesbu:v:40:y:2020:i:4:p:516-562
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    1. Sharina Shariff & Siti ‘Aisyah Baharudin & Nor Asmat Ismail, 2025. "What Is the Target Population for Agricultural Entrepreneurship in Malaysia's Agricultural Economic Sector? A Systematic Literature Review," Information Management and Business Review, AMH International, vol. 17(2), pages 476-496.
    2. Marc Dressler, 2023. "Generic strategic profiling of entrepreneurial SMEs – environmentalism as hygiene factor," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 19(1), pages 121-150, March.
    3. Lepage, Fanny & Cheriet, Foued, 2021. "Gouvernance et croissance des grandes exploitations agricoles : la place de l’agri-entrepreneur," Économie rurale, French Society of Rural Economics (SFER Société Française d'Economie Rurale), vol. 375(January-M).
    4. Jéssica Alves Justo Mendes & Arthur Yassine Oliveira & Lígia Suniga Santos & Mateus Cecílio Gerolamo & Vânia Gomes Zuin Zeidler, 2025. "A theoretical framework to support green agripreneurship avoiding greenwashing," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 27(9), pages 21779-21835, September.
    5. My-Linh Tran & Trinh Hoang Hong-Hue & Huy-Cuong Vo Thai, 2024. "Growth Beyond Borders: How Technological Innovation and Agricultural Competitiveness Propel Agri-venture Internationalisation," Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, vol. 33(3), pages 581-620, August.

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