Traditionally, the task of feeding the world’s poorest people and raising incomes for small-scale farmers has been seen as the preserve of multilateral institutions and development banks. But in recent years, a new wave of social entrepreneurs has entered this arena. Many are coming up with products and systems to serve poor communities through everything from the production of nutritional foods to systems that improve milk yields from cows.
Social entrepreneurs use a variety of business models. Some might be for-profits groups with a social mission. Others could be non-profit organisations embracing a revenue model, while many are hybrids, in some instances with support from governments. However, they are united in their aim to use market drivers to tackle social and economic problems.
