Reflection on “Energy Transition and Gender in the Informal Street Food Sector in Africa”

2020 ◽  
pp. 225-229
Author(s):  
Henny A. Romijn
Keyword(s):  
Energy Transition ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Street Food ◽  
And Gender

Energy Transition and Gender in the Informal Street Food Sector in Africa

2020 ◽  
pp. 11-32
Author(s):  
Maïmouna Diouf ◽  
Nthabiseng Mohlakoana ◽  
Secou Sarr ◽  
Bacary Seydi
Keyword(s):  
Energy Transition ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Street Food ◽  
And Gender

scholarly journals The South African informal sector’s socio-economic exclusion from basic service provisions: A critique of Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality’s approach to the informal sector

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-71
Author(s):  
B. Masuku ◽  
O. Nzewi
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Informal Sector ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Limited Range ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Street Food ◽  
Infrastructure Services ◽  
The Relationship

This study explores the exclusion of informal micro-enterprises from the provision of basic urban infrastructure services in Duncan Village in East London, South Africa. It focuses on the informal food sector, which is dominated by women who are often held back from participating in economic activities that are more productive, as well as from social and political functions. Basic urban infrastructures, such as trading shelters with water and electricity connections provided by municipalities, are often expensive and most informal street traders find it difficult to access them. This study examines the energy struggles of the informal street food sector and its engagement with local government on issues of inclusivity on policies regulating the sector. In-depth, semi-structured interviews and focus groups were conducted with 40 participants in the informal street food sector in Duncan Village. The findings reveal the lack of energy transition in the informal street food sector, because of its heavy reliance on low-quality fuels. Unreliable and expensive energy services force informal street food enterprises into using a limited range of energy sources. The findings also reveal that the relationship between the municipality and the informal street traders is one of exclusion and negligence. It is therefore suggested that government needs to recognise and value the informal sector and livelihoods of those involved in this sector, to take into account their needs, and engage with them when designing and implementing policies that regulate the sector.

WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN WEST AFRICA: THE COWPEA STREET FOOD SECTOR IN NIGER AND GHANA

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (01) ◽  
pp. 37-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
MIRIAM OTOO ◽  
JOAN FULTON ◽  
GERMAINE IBRO ◽  
JAMES LOWENBERG-DEBOER
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Entrepreneurial Success ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Women Entrepreneurship ◽  
Street Food ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities ◽  
The Impact

Women entrepreneurship in the informal sector, such as street food vending, is important for poverty alleviation in West Africa. The street food sector provides employment for women and inexpensive and nutritious food for the urban poor. In this paper, we determine the importance of the cowpea street food sector, evaluate the determinants of successful enterprises and ascertain the impact of economic, cultural, religious and geographic differentials between enterprises in Niamey, Niger and Kumasi, Ghana. Data were collected through in-person interviews with 114 and 122 women street food entrepreneurs in both countries in 2009. Results revealed that women entrepreneurs engaged in the cowpea street food sector can earn incomes 4 times and 16 times higher than the minimum legal wage in Niamey and Kumasi, respectively. Incomes earned from these entrepreneurial activities contribute directly to health, education and needs of their families. OLS regression results indicate that lack of financial resources, stable business locations and religious beliefs are important entrepreneurial success factors. Cross-country comparisons revealed enterprises in Kumasi are larger and more successful than those in Niamey.

scholarly journals Aspirations to grow: when micro- and informal enterprises in the street food sector speak for themselves

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Knox ◽  
H. Bressers ◽  
N. Mohlakoana ◽  
J. De Groot
Keyword(s):  
Food Sector ◽  
Street Food

scholarly journals Entrepreneurship in the Street Food Sector of Vietnam-Assessment of Psychological Success and Failure Factors

2006 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 474-481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annemarie M. F. Hiemstra ◽  
Koen G. van der Kooy ◽  
Michael Frese
Keyword(s):  
Food Sector ◽  
Street Food ◽  
Failure Factors

scholarly journals Review on the Importance of Gender Perspective in Household Energy-Saving Behavior and Energy Transition for Sustainability

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (22) ◽  
pp. 7571
Author(s):  
Bindu Shrestha ◽  
Sudarshan R. Tiwari ◽  
Sushil B. Bajracharya ◽  
Martina M. Keitsch ◽  
Hom B. Rijal
Keyword(s):  
Energy Saving ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Energy Sustainability ◽  
Gender Perspective ◽  
Household Energy ◽  
Clean Environment ◽  
Literature Reviews ◽  
Saving Behavior ◽  
And Gender

Energy-saving and efficiency represent a crucial role in achieving a clean environment as well as economic and social development, providing substantial benefits to stakeholders, including householders. Better cost savings can be achieved by simply changing behavior. However, real energy users lack proper technical energy knowledge, awareness, and education in most cases. In most countries, women are involved in a higher percentage of energy activities in household chores but have less gender participation in energy decisions. In this regard, a gender perspective effectively understands energy users’ pragmatic and strategic needs for energy-saving behavior improvement. Previous literature reviews have been focusing on specific aspects of energy sustainability; however, no review has focused on energy-saving from a gender perspective to the best of our knowledge. It aims to provide a systematic review of literature on energy-saving and management, highlighting the importance of gender roles and fulfilling the literature’s study gaps that provide future possible research streams. The review finds that females use lower energy than males in household activities that has supported in household energy-saving behavior. In addition, gender, income, family composition, ownership, and education are significant influencing factors in energy-saving behavior, and gender differences are rooted in socialization, responsibility, and choice of energy appliances that have impacted energy decisions influencing energy-saving behavior and sustainability goals.

scholarly journals The Influence of Embeddedness on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Strategy: A Gender Perspective in the Agri-Food Sector

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 9384
Author(s):  
Gina Santos ◽  
Carla Marques ◽  
João Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Measurement Instrument ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Multivariate Statistical ◽  
Gender Perspective ◽  
Innovative Behaviour ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Individual

This study aims to identify the antecedents of entrepreneurial activity in the agri-food sector of the Portuguese region of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (TMAD), taking into account a gender perspective. Thus, we intend to assess whether the environment influences embeddedness, and whether embeddedness, individual entrepreneurial orientation, innovative behaviour and gender impact or influence the perceptions of feasibility and desirability as antecedents of entrepreneurial activity of entrepreneurs in the agri-food sector of the TMAD region. The measurement instrument was applied to 249 firms in the agri-food sector, created in the last 5 years. A model was conceptualised where the relationships between the constructs relating to embeddedness, IEO and EI were presented, and three control variables were subsequently added: the innovative behaviour, the environment and gender. Univariate and multivariate statistical techniques, such as structural equation modelling, were used to assess the proposed conceptual model. Thus, considering the complexity of the model under study, we performed an analysis which considered personal factors or characteristics, such as innovative behaviour, gender and IEO, as these are characteristics of the individual and may be influenced or shaped by external factors such as the context, i.e., the environment and embeddedness.

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