The strong positive welfare outcomes revealed by the farm survey and census data are consistent with DTDP’s goals,
approach and specific institutional interventions. The congruence of DTDP’s organizational form and practical approach
with the EMES criteria for SEs validate DTDP’s utility as a proxy for SEs in agricultural development. Taken together,
the cross-sectional data from the farm survey and in-depth interviews, corroborated by the longitudinal census data,
support the contention that social entrepreneurship, as represented by DTDP, can be considered as a viable practical
mechanism to facilitate agro-innovation and enhance farmer livelihoods within a sustainable development paradigm.