TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore enterprise diversification amongst wetland farmers in Zambia as a way of reducing poverty and improving sustainability. This paper identifies ways in which such entrepreneurial activities can be supported and applied more widely.Design/methodology/approach A qualitative study of Zambian farmers, based on a series of workshops and interviews held in Zambia with farmers and farm business advisers.Findings Despite adopting new technologies most farmers are restricted to the local market where their increased production holds down prices. However, a very small number of farmers are able to progress to production and marketing for markets in major urban centres hundreds of kilometres away, and considerably more are able to use the capital accumulated from wetland farming to diversify their household enterprises to reduce poverty and improve the sustainability and resilience of their livelihoods.Originality/value No work has previously been undertaken in diversification strategies of small-scale farmers in Zambia.
VL  - 25
IS  - 5
SN  - 1462-6004
DO  - 10.1108/JSBED-03-2017-0089
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/JSBED-03-2017-0089
AU  - McElwee Gerard
AU  - Wood Adrian
PY  - 2017
Y1  - 2017/01/01
TI  - Wetland entrepreneurs: diversity in diversification in Zambian farming
T2  - Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 752
EP  - 768
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -