ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIOUR OF SEED PRODUCERS IN BUNDELKHAND REGION OF UTTAR PRADESH
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2020-11-10
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Banda University of Agriculture & Technology, Banda Uttar Pradesh
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A farmer does not become an entrepreneur only by adopting a new agricultural technology but he becomes an entrepreneur only when he comes to be an operator of a farm business (De, 1986). The entrepreneur is perceived as an individual with certain characteristics helpful in conceiving, initiating, establishing and managing an enterprise. The current study was carried out during 2019-2020 entitled "Entrepreneurial Behaviour of Seed producers in Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh" has been initiated focus on entrepreneurial behaviour of sced producers. The study was conducted in Banda and Hamirpur district which were purposively selected considering the approachability, convenience and availability of KVK of BUAT, Banda where seed hub project is running. The total sample size of 80 respondents were selected on the basis of multistage proportionate random sampling who were the beneficiaries of state seed cooperation and pulse seed hub project of BUAT from both the selected district. From the salient findings of the study it can be concluded that majority of the respondent were found the medium level of entrepreneurial behaviour due to their medium socio-economic profile. Further, it was observed that the risk bearing ability leadership ability, innovativeness, selfconfidence and decision making ability were also found medium. Among the thirteen independent variables, seven variables viz., education, annual income, occupation, land holding, material possession, training received, economic motivation, market orientation showed positive and significant correlation with entrepreneurial behaviour. The major hurdle observed in seed production business were related to availability of inputs, farm machinery, awareness related to market, finance etc., annapratha, occurrence of insectpest and disease, as well as erratic weather conditions etc. For the increment in the level of entrepreneurial behaviour, it is required to provide more subsidies on the cost of inputs such as fertilizer, timely supply of good quality of seed by the sponsoring organizations along with capacity building and hand holding support to seed producers on recent technologies of seed production. To overcome with the different constraints of seed production the best remunerative price of seed must be ensured. Further, the opportunity for exposure visit as well as availability of mini processing plants on cluster basis can attract more young farmers to opt seed production as amiable enterprise.
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Singh Raghuvanshi Saurabh 2020. ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIOUR OF SEED PRODUCERS IN BUNDELKHAND REGION OF UTTAR PRADESH. M.Sc. Thesis. 91p.