CALL FOR TEACHING CASES
Cases on Entrepreneurship and Market Transformation: Agrifood Value Chain
Innovation in Emerging Economies
Submissions due by 31 January 2026
We seek case studies that provide opportunities for agricultural undergraduates and graduate students to explore real-world issues in the development and transformation of agribusiness value chains. Specifically, we aim to provide a range of case studies that demonstrate the application of innovation, proaction, and risk acceptance in value chain innovation (VCI) to alleviate poverty and improve farmer livelihoods in rapidly emerging economies. Agrifood value chain innovations in emerging economies range from traditional smallholders selling their produce at the village wet market to sophisticated global value chains that leverage technical, process, marketing, and supply innovations to create profitable scale. Rapid urbanization in emerging economies is driving the adoption of a VCI approach for food security by agribusinesses, government, and development partners, suggesting that this is an emerging area of interest for practice, theory, and policy. By offering case study examples of how agrifood VCI of entrepreneurial agribusinesses can help transform markets, this book contributes to policymaking, practice and education in agricultural entrepreneurship.
Examples of questions that cases might address include:
How can VCI help developing nations regarding food security and livelihood development?
What are the challenges and opportunities for Women-led value chains in emerging economies?
How can VCI enhance a One Village One Product community development initiative?
How can policy impact the development of an emerging economy's entrepreneurial ecosystem?
How can VCI help in food security for the poor in urban contexts?
How can VCI be used to build more sustainable agrifood value chains?
Submissions
Submissions of up to 6000 words, a CASE in English, that clearly describes the:
1. Context
2. Issue
3. Desired outcomes for stakeholders
And a TEACHING NOTE that clearly describes the:
a. Alternative solutions considered
b. What was done
c. The actual outcome
. What will the agrifood organization do differently if faced with a similar situation
Please contact us if you are interested in participating. Thank you!
Raj or Morgan at
"Rajendra Adhikari" <r.adhikari@uq.edu.au>
"Morgan Miles" <morgan.miles@uq.edu.au>
Case/Chapter: Please include the following elements in the case chapters.
· Case Summary of about 150 words - This will form part of the metadata for your case. It should include a summary of the case/cases and any relevant terms and keywords.
· Case keywords (six keywords)
· Learning Outcomes/Objectives
· Abstract (Case summary can be adapted to serve as an abstract)
· Case Study – up to 6000 words
· Discussion Questions
· References - It would be good to have 8+ references here. Please use a consistent style. We recommend APA.
· Other optional material for the end of the chapter: Recommended reading, websites, podcasts
Teaching Notes
Each case should have Teaching Notes submitted in a separate document.
● What teaching style would work best? Games, role play. Is this case suitable for online learning? How do you use this case?
● Student level/Teaching level
● Further discussion questions and answers (see above)
● References (APA)
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Morgan Miles
The University of Queensland
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