A Study on Managerial Abilities of Farmer Producers Organization Staff in Telangana”
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2023-08-01
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SARDAR VALLABHBHAI PATEL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY, MEERUT-250 110 (U.P.), INDIA
Abstract
The present study was conducted during 2022-2023 in zone III (Rajanna Siricilla)
of Telangana which has five districts namely, Karimnagar, Rajanna Siricilla, Medak,
Siddipet and Kamareddy. The total numbers of FPOs in the zone were 66 FPOs. Out of
this, 40 FPOs were selected using proportionate sampling from each district and randomly
within the district. From each FPO, five staff members were interviewed randomly
constituting a sample of 200 respondents using structured interview schedule. The findings
of the profile characteristics of the farmer producer organization staff reported that
majority (41.50%) of the respondents were middle aged and male (78.00%) with education
up to graduation (38.50%). Most of the respondents (82.50%) were in the position of BOD
having low experience (51.00%) of 2-5 years and received medium (40.50%) number of
trainings. They also reported that sufficient staff facilities (56.50%) were available in the
organization, were having medium (65.50%) extension activities, sufficient infrastructure
facilities (51.50%), the interpersonal communication was medium (41.50%) with
neutral (57.00%) departmental working environment. Maximum (67.00%) of the
respondents were having extrovert personality with medium (59.50%) attitude towards
delegation of authority, low (38.50%) achievement motivation. They also reported having
medium (48.50%) job involvement, medium (49.00%) job satisfaction, medium (40.50%)
perception of work load and medium (52.50%) job stress . The findings on the
managerial abilities of the FPO staff revealed that majority of the respondents were having
medium (53.50%) planning ability, medium (59.50%) organizing ability, medium
(56.00 %) directing ability, medium (70.00%) communicating ability, medium (66.00%)
supervising ability and medium (56.00 %) coordinating ability. On an overall, majority
(60.00%) of the respondent were having medium managerial abilities. The findings of the
role performance of the FPO staff reported that (52.50%) of the respondents were having
medium level of role performance and for attitude of the FPO staff towards the
organization (53.00%) were having favorable attitude towards the organization. The
results showed lack of trained manpower, lack of own office buildings, lack of
transportation facilities, lack of godowns and store houses for storage, lack of enough
capital, lack of government funds for promotion of FPOs, advance payment is required for
getting inputs and sudden spurt in demand for inputs during the season were perceived as
the most severe constraints among technical and operational, marketing, financial and
input supply constraints, respectively.
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