DEVELOPING ENTREPRENEURIAL IDEAS TO IMPROVE FARMERS’ LIVELIHOODS IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH

Dr Maarten van der Kamp, Value in Enterprise Limited

Context

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London-based Business School, (E)MBA cohorts

Core curriculum course on Corporate Responsibility

Group assignment (50% of overall mark)

Value chain analysis of agricultural or mining commodity

Develop entrepreneurial solutions to address main challenge(s)

Results

Almost all projects focussed on the Global South

Practically addressing the needs of the least powerful – farmers and miners

10-12 conceptually sound projects

• Scalable

• Achievable budgets

• Creative

• Recognising current institutional limits

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Projects

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Banana waste

Brazil nut harvest

Palm oil from waste

Depleted land for palm oil

Coffee and sugar

Palm oil waste to ag input

Coltanrecycling

Artisanal coltanmining

Palm oil EIS

Cocoa skill retention

Cocoa waste to products

Palm oil waste to energy

Cocoa waste2ag

Reflections

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International student base

• Understanding local context

• Realistic financial projections

Limited amount of time

Required crash course on entrepreneurial thinking

Taking these projects further

Next year(s)

Thank you

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Maarten van der Kamp maarten@valueinenterprise.co.ukManaging Director www.valueinenterprise.co.uk