COVID-19 and Agricultural Entrepreneurship in Zimbabwean Townships: A Systematic Literature Review

ABSTRACT

Entrepreneurship is crucial in achieving economic prosperity and development in any country. Despite the importance of entrepreneurship in Zimbabwe, the relationship between COVID-19 and agricultural entrepreneurship is still unclear. As a result, the current chapter seeks to answer the following questions 1. What is the status of literature on the relationship between COVID-19 and agricultural entrepreneurship in Zimbabwean townships? 2. What are the trends and gaps in the studies on the effects of COVID-19 on agricultural entrepreneurship? The chapter answered the questions using bibliometric analysis and a systematic literature review. Two tasks characterised the ‘search' search in Dimension database for bibliometric analysis and search in Google Scholar and ScienceDirect for general systematic review. The dates were limited to between January 2020 and March 2022. The study adopted VOSviewer, in conducting bibliometric analysis, and CADIMA, in conducting the systematic literature review. The bibliometric analysis findings show that entrepreneurship is being ignored among the studies investigating relationships between COVID-19 and agriculture. On top of the scarcity of entrepreneurship thrust in studies on COVID-19 and agriculture, the studies focusing on Zimbabwe are minimal. Also, the relationship between COVID-19 and agricultural entrepreneurship shows inconclusive results and methodological gaps. There is a need to cover gaps in the literature by researching Zimbabwean townships and using quantitative or mixed methodologies to triangulate existing findings in the body of knowledge. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023.