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Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda

Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda has been established as a full-fledged State University, having unique honour of being the “First Agricultural University of Bundelkhand Region”. The University was notified vide Government Order No. 301/79-V-1-10-1 (Ka) 27-2009 Lucknow and established on 2nd March 2010 under Uttar Pradesh Agriculture University Act (Sanshodhan) 1958 Gazette-Adhiniyam 2010. Initially it was named as “Manyawar Shri Kanshiram Ji University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda”, which was changed as “Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda” vide Uttar Pradesh Agriculture University Act (Sanshodhan) Adhiniyam, 2014, No. 1528(2)/LXXIX-V-1-14-1(Ka)-13-2014 dated 4th December 2014. The University has been established for the development of the agriculture and allied sectors in the Uttar Pradesh on the whole and Bundelkhand region in particular. It is committed to serve the Bundelkhand region with trinity concept, i.e. complete integration of teaching, research and extension for the development of agriculture and allied sectors in order to ensure food security and enhance socio-economic status of inhabitants. State Government of Uttar Pradesh has assigned the University with the responsibilities of (a) human resource generation and development, (b) generation and perfection of technologies, and (c) their dissemination to the farmers, orchardists and dairy farmers in the Chitrakoot Dham and Jhansi divisions. The Chirtrkoot Dham Division consists of four districts, namely Banda, Chitrakoot (Karvi), Mahoba and Hamirpur whereas Jhansi Division consists of Jhansi, Lalitpur and Jalaun (Orai) districts.

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Subject: Agricultural Extension × Author: Singh, Shakti × End date: 2020 × Start date: 2020 × Type: Thesis ×
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    Entrepreneurial Behaviour of Self Help Group Members under National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) in Banda District of Uttar Pradesh
    (Banda University of Agriculture & Technology, Banda-210001, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2020-11-24) Singh, Shakti; P. Mishra, Bhanu
    The present study was conducted entitled ‘Entrepreneurial Behaviour of the Self-Help Group Members under National Rural Livelihood Mission’. The study was conducted in the Banda district of Uttar Pradesh. There are 08 Community Development Blocks in Banda district; out of them, one CD Block Badhokhar Khurd was selected randomly. In Badhokhar Khurd block there is a total of 56 Gram Panchayats, out of these 6 Gram Panchayats were selected randomly for the present study where the SHGs under NRLM were functioning. The Gram Panchayat wise details of the SHGs along with the list of SHG members were prepared. Altogether 120 respondents were selected for the present study by using multi-stage proportionate random sampling. The data was collected through the personal interview by using a structured interview schedule by the researcher himself. The collected data were processed and analyzed by applying appropriate statistical tools. It was observed that the majority of the respondents belonged to the middle age group having education up to high school level. The majority of the respondents belongs nuclear family system with small family size. The study also revealed that agriculture with the business was found as a major occupation by the majority of the respondents with a medium level of annual family income. The variables viz. extension contact, social participation, marketing orientation and economic motivation were scored as the medium. After summing up the scores of all the seven components of the entrepreneur behaviour it was found in the medium level category. The coefficient of correlation reflects that education, annual income, occupation, social participation, mass media use, extension contact, economic motivation and market orientation had a positive and significant relationship with entrepreneurial behaviour of respondents. The lack of knowledge about the market trend of & limited marketing of SHG products, lack of awareness on marketing strategies and low price of SHG products were found as major constraints. To attain the objectives of the mission it is suggested that required more awareness about the market trend should, need of a different platform for marketing of SHG products, providing timely the revolving fund from NRLM and easy loan procedure etc different aspects to make the group business sustainable.