A Hybrid Agribusiness Value Chain: The Case of a Horticulture Social Enterprise in Minya, Egypt

A Hybrid Agribusiness Value Chain: The Case of a Horticulture Social Enterprise in Minya, Egypt

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El Khazendar Business Research and Case Center

Abstract

The Case is centered on Ahmed Dakrouri as a successful social entrepreneur. It describes his business model for forming a cooperative value chain between small farmers in Abou Korkas, Minya, in Upper Egypt. The model utilizes a hybrid approach that combines commercial entities for producing medicinal and aromatic plants for local and export markets, with Civil Service Organizations that deliver upgrading and other social services to small farmers. The case describes the background of the social entrepreneur, his approach for gaining the trust of the small farmers and the community, and the hybrid value chain model used.

Publication Date

2011

Document Type

Book Chapter

Book Title

Entrepreneurship in the Arab World: Ten Case Studies

ISBN

9789774167003

Publisher

The American University in Cairo Press

City

Cairo, Egypt

First Page

127

Last Page

144

Keywords

Ahmed Dakrouri, entrepreneur, Minya, NGO, social entrepreneurship, farmers

A Hybrid Agribusiness Value Chain: The Case of a Horticulture Social Enterprise in Minya, Egypt

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