A Study on Entrepreneurial Behaviour of Commercial Seed Growers of Dharwad District
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Date
2013
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UAS, Dharwad
Abstract
The present study was conducted in the year 2012-13 in Dharwad district of
Karnataka state with a sample size of 180 farmers, constituting 90 seed growers and 90 other
farmers. Random sampling procedure was used to select the sample. The data was collected
with the help of structured interview schedule.
The socio-economic profile of the respondents revealed that, majority (53.33%) of the
seed growers belonged to middle age group, 36.67 per cent educated up to PUC, 42.22 per
cent belonged to medium land holding category, 38.89 per cent belonged to high income
category, 56.67 per cent had high level of farming experience, 77.78 per cent had low
experience in seed production, whereas, majority of other farmers (62.22%) belonged to
middle age group, followed by high level of farming experience (71.11%).
Most of the seed growers (48.89%) and 40.00 per cent of the other farmers belonged
to high and low entrepreneurial behaviour categories respectively. Further, entrepreneurial
behavioural characteristics such as innovativeness was high (40.00%) in seed growers and
low (44.44%) in other farmers, achievement motivation was high (41.11%) in seed growers
and low (35.56%) in other farmers, 46.67 per cent of the seed growers and 50.00 per cent of
the other farmers belonged to intermediate and less rational decision making ability category
respectively, risk orientation was high (43.33%) in seed growers and low (42.22%) in other
farmers, leadership ability was high (45.55%) in seed growers and low (41.11%) in other
farmers, management orientation was high (44.44%) in seed growers and low (35.56%) in
other farmers respectively.
Majority of the seed growers consulted the formal sources like package of practice
booklet (66.67%), informal sources like progressive farmers (86.67%) and mass media
sources like television (94.45%) regularly. Major constraints faced by seed growers were
shortage of labourers, high labour wages and financial problems.