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University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad

The University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad was established on October 1, 1986. The University has 5 Colleges, 27 Research Stations, 6 Agriculture Extension Education Centers, 6 Krishi Vigyan Kendras and ATIC. The University has its jurisdiction over 7 districts namely Bagalkot, Belgaum, Bijapur, Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri, and Uttar Kannada in northern Karnataka. Greater diversity exists in soil types, climate, topography cropping and farming situations. The jurisdiction includes dry-farming to heavy rainfall and irrigated area. Important crops of the region include sorghum, cotton, rice, pulses, chilli, sugarcane, groundnut, sunflower, wheat, safflower etc. The region is also known for many horticultural crops. Considerable progress has been registered in the field of education, research and extension from this University.

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    Rural Women Entrepreneurship in Allied Agricultural Activities
    (University of Agricultural Science, Dharwad, 2017-07) Karigar, Gayatri; Nagnur, Shobha
    The present investigation was undertaken in Dharwad and Belagavi districts of North Karnataka during 2016-2017. From each of the two districts 80 women respondents were selected for the study. Out of these, 40 were entrepreneurs and 40 were non-entrepreneurs. The entrepreneurs were selected by purposive snow ball sampling method while non-entrepreneurs were selected by simple random sampling method. The total sample was 160 respondents. The data were collected by personal interview method with the help of a well-structured pre-tested interview schedule. The profile of the respondent women revealed that most entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs were in the middle age category (62.50 % and 65.00 % respectively), from nuclear families (77.50 % and 80.00 % respectively). Most respondents were from small families and were married. Entrepreneurs had more land holdings than non-entrepreneurs. The average family income of entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs was between Rs. 34,000 - 51,000. Both the groups of respondents were having agriculture as their family occupation (76.25 % and 68.75 % entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs respectively). Extension participation of both the groups was however low. Among the agriculture and allied enterprises selected by rural women the most popular enterprise was dairy (91.25 %), this was followed by vegetable cultivation (23.75 %), poultry (10.00 %), goat rearing (8.75 %), floriculture (7.50 %), sericulture (5.00 %), sheep rearing and fruit cultivation (3.75 % each) and beekeeping (1.25 %). The calculated indices for the different variables showed that the index for overall entrepreneurial quality of entrepreneurs was 64.86 and of non-entrepreneurs was only 43.26 per cent. The empowerment indices of entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs were 43.86 and 38.97 respectively. The quality of life indices of entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs was 57.19 and 48.65 respectively. Thus indicating that entrepreneurs had better entrepreneurial qualities, were more empowered and had better quality of life than the non-entrepreneurs.