Adoption of Entrepreneurial Activities Promoted by Selected NGOs among Rural Women
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2015
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MPUAT, Udaipur
Abstract
The objectives of the present study were to explore the entrepreneurial activities
promoted for rural women through selected NGOs, study the adoption of entrepreneurial
activities by the rural women and problems faced by them in adoption of these activities.
The study was conducted in Udaipur district of Rajasthan state. Two panchayat
samities i.e. Gogunda and Kherwara where both the NGOs namely Seva Mandir and
Aajeevika Bureau are working were selected. Two villages each from both the panchayat
samities i.e. Dudhi and Dadmiya from Kherwara and Junthri and Saklal from Gogunda
were randomly selected. To explore the entrepreneurial activities promoted by NGOs, the
project officer of the NGOs were included in the sample. A sample of 25 rural women was
randomly selected from each village making a total sample of 100 women from four
villages. Data were collected with the help of questionnaire and interview schedule.
Frequency and percentage were used for analysis of the data statistically.
The results of the study indicated that total seven entrepreneurial activities have
been promoted by the NGOs during last 5 years which includes vegetable production,
flower cultivation, stitching enterprise, goat rearing, dairy enterprise, beauty parlour and
fish culture. Seva Mandir trained total 270 women in different areas through organizing 15
trainings and Ajeevika Bereau trained 125 women through organizing 8 trainings of 15 days
to 3 months duration.
Finding of the study indicates that majority of the respondents were married (89%),
illiterate (46%), had joint family (95%) with medium family size (48%). Family occupation
of all the respondents (100%) was farming. More than one third of the respondents (77%)
were in the age group of 31-45 years and belongs to SC category (41%). Only eleven per
cent respondents were the members of formal organization i.e. self help group.
It was found that 34 per cent respondents have adopted different enterprises. Out of the
total adopters, 70 per cent women adopted goat rearing enterprise, stitching enterprise
(48%), vegetable production and flower cultivation enterprises were adopted by the same
per cent age i.e. 37.5 per cent. Nearly one fourth (23%) of the respondents adopted dairy
enterprise whereas, beauty parlour enterprise was adopted by less than one fourth (20%) of
the respondents. The main reasons of initiating entrepreneurial activities were desire to earn
money (100%), to support family (88.23%) and enterprise can be managed at household
level (85.29%). It was found that 100 per cent respondents did not adopt the fish culture
enterprise whereas, 79.17 per cent were non-adopters of beauty parlour enterprise.
Similarly, 76.47 and 62.5 per cent respondents were non-adopters of dairy, vegetable and
flower cultivation enterprises. Half of the respondent (52%) from stitching and 30 per cent
of goat rearing enterprise were non-adopters. The main reasons of non-adoption were lack
of knowledge, money and family support.
Regarding income generation, it was found that average net profit earned from vegetable
production, flower cultivation, goat rearing and dairy enterprise was 15733,
17,300, 28200 and 26100, respectively. In beauty parlour and stitching enterprise
average income was generated as 20,524 and 14030 per year.
The major problems faced by the all respondents in adoption of different enterprises
were identified as lack of money, lack of irrigation facility, lack of transportation, lack of
health care facility and scarcity of water.
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Adoption of Entrepreneurial Activities Promoted by Selected NGOs among Rural Women
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Dayya and Bansal, 2015