Sustainable Agricultural Marketing and Agribusiness Development

Brighton Nyagadza (Edited By) Dr. Brighton Nyagadza (CIM, Ph.D) is a full time lecturer and A/Chairperson of the Department of Marketing (digital marketing) at Marondera University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (MUAST), Zimbabwe, a Research Associate of the Institute for the Future of Knowledge (IFK), University of Johannesburg (UJ), South Africa, a full member of the Marketers Association of Zimbabwe (MAZ), an Associate of The Chartered Institute of Marketing (ACIM), United Kingdom and a Power Member of the Digital Marketing Institute (DMI), Dublin, Ireland. He has published several book chapters in Routledge books, published by Taylor & Francis, New York (USA), Emerald Insight, United Kingdom (UK), Lexington books published by Rowan & Littlefield, Maryland (USA) and in reputable international journals such as Journal of Digital Media & Policy (Intellect), Sustainable Technology & Entrepreneurship (Elsevier), Journal of Fashion Marketing & Management (Emerald), European Journal of Management Studies (Emerald), Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies (Emerald), Journal of Environmental Media (Intellect), European Journal of Innovation Management (Emerald), Africa Review (Brill), Tourism Critiques: Practice & Theory (Emerald), SN Social Sciences (Springer), Journal of Asian & African Studies (SAGE), PSU Research Review (Emerald), Youth & Society (SAGE), Quality Assurance in Education (Emerald), The Marketing Review (Westburn), among others. Brighton sits on various corporate and academic boards including the Mashonaland East Province Zimbabwe National Development Strategy (NDS) Committee (2021-2025) - ICT & Human Capital Development cohort. Tanyaradzwa Rukasha (Edited By) Dr. Tanyaradzwa Rukasha is a holder of a PhD in Agricultural Economics from Fort Hare University. Her research interests focus on climate smart agriculture, post-harvest technology for developing countries, technology adoption and diffusion.

1: Introduction: Envisioning the future of sustainable agricultural marketing and agribusiness development Section 1: Sustainable Agriculture 2: Sustainable agriculture development and rural transformation in Zimbabwe: Exploring the prospects and challenges of the smallholder farming sector 3: A systematic review of organic farming and organic foods in southern Africa: towards organics 3.0 4: Youths’ participation in urban agriculture in Ibadan Metropolis, Nigeria 5: Human capital management: The conduit for unlocking agribusiness productivity in Zimbabwe Section 2: Agricultural marketing and entrepreneurship 6: Smallholder farmers’ enterprising tendencies and collective entrepreneurship towards increased incomes and poverty elimination: A Case of Zimbabwe 7: Factors influencing rural female entrepreneurs in enhancing livelihoods: a global perspective 8: Sustainable agricultural supply chains on food security: A systematic literature review 9: Jack of all trades: Explicating the eminence of music in agricultural marketing for sustainable development in Zimbabwe Section 3: Agricultural Financing and Investment 10: Financial management for agricultural marketing and agribusiness development 11: Investment analysis in agribusiness, mitigating capital risk 12: Block chain technology, sustainability and future of public input distribution in Zimbabwe Section 4: Agricultural Policy 13: Re-envisaging agricultural public policy and governance in Zimbabwe: Prospects and incongruities 14: Resuscitation of neoliberalism in Zimbabwe: Exploring implications for agriculture policy development 15: Insights for sustainable rural agribusiness development policy 16: Procurement laws in agribusiness 17: Agribusiness supply chain resilience 18: Sustainable supply chains in the agricultural sector 19: Assessing the influence of village savings and loan associations on climate resilience and food security: A case of Domboshava, Zimbabwe