Panda, Chandan KumarBiswas, Nupur2023-03-072023-03-072022https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810194843Ph.D. research work on “Factors Promoting Agripreneurship: An In-Depth Study” is based on the perception of agripreneurs of Bihar. Total eighty respondents were surveyed for this research work, which includes 20 respondents those were taken from each four districts namely, Patna, Purnea, Nalanda and Bhagalpur. There are three agro-climatic zones in Bihar comprising North-West (Zone-I), North-East (Zone-II) and South-Bihar (Zone-III). The lists of respondents was collected from KVKs and BAMETI (Bihar Agriculture Management and Extension Training Institute) and agripreneurs of concerned field under the jurisdiction of Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour was taken for study. Objectives of the study are 1) to document the entrepreneurial journey of selected respondents, 2) to identify the motivational factors associated with agripreneurship, 3) to study the determinants of success in agripreneurship and 4) to find out the enabling factors for developing an effective entrepreneurial eco-systems perceived by the respondents. The data was collected by survey method and then recorded and compiled. The findings showed that majority of agripreneurs were male (77.50 %) since in business male is dominating and having age less than 45 years that means most of them belongs to younger stage. They were only passed intermediate as in the rural areas as lesser number of people are educated, most of the agripreneurs were from backward class. They are from joint family whose family income is more than Rs. 80 lakhs. So, their houses are pacca. Majority of the agripreneurs are in progressive stage (67.50 %),majority of the agripreneurs are borrowing money from friends and relatives (37.39 %) due to high interest rate or do not get loans easily. Mentoring support is negatively correlated with the annual income from the enterprise. Legal and administrative factors are negatively correlated with the annual income from the enterprise. Legal and administrative support, mentor support and family type are the most important factors that helped in the growth of the enterprise among all independent variableEnglishThesis