Entrepreneurial Behavior and Constraints Faced by the Rose Growers

Abstract

The research study was conducted in Dharwad district during 2013-14, with a sample size of 120, farmers were randomly selected from three taluks viz, Hubli, Dharwad and Kalagatagi. The results revealed that 37.50 per cent of the respondents belonged to medium entrepreneurial behaviour category, whereas, 32.50 per cent and 30 per cent belonged to low and high entrepreneurial behaviour category respectively. Further, entrepreneurial behavioural characteristics such as innovativeness was medium (38.33%) in rose growers 45 per cent of rose growers had medium achievement motivation, 40 per cent of the respondents belonged to medium economic motivation category, 46.66 per cent of the rose growers belonged to intermediate decision making ability category, 42.50 per cent of the rose growers and 42.22 per cent of other farmers had medium risk orientation, 44.16 per cent of the rose growers belonged to medium level leadership ability category. The characteristics such as education, annual income, mass media exposure, extension contact, were positive and significant relationship with entrepreneurial behaviour at 1% and scientific orientation and family size were positive and significant relationship with entrepreneurial behaviour. The variables such as age and land holding were not significantly related with entrepreneurial behaviour of rose growers.

Entrepreneurial Behavior of Piggery Trainees of Pashu-Vigyan Incubator

“…The study revealed medium to high level of innovativeness was prevalent among the pig entrepreneurs due to the fact that majority of them were from middle age group (62.50%), had high level of formal education of graduation and above along with medium level of experience in pig farming. This is in conformity with Patel et al, (2014); Khode et al, (2018); Kulkarni & Jahagirdar (2019) who found majority of respondents in medium category of innovativeness, while it differs from that of Seth et al, (2012) who found majority of the respondents having high innovativeness.…”

Entrepreneurial Behavior of Skilled Youths of Banda District of Bundelkhand Region,Uttar Pradesh

“…Further it enhances the decision-making ability of youths. This finding is in accordance with the findings of Paisur et al, (2014); Kulkarni and Jahagirdar (2015); Manjunath (2015); Raina et al, (2016). The family type and family size was found positively and non-significantly related with entrepreneurial behaviour of respondents.…”

Entrepreneurial Behaviour of Fruit Growers of Karnataka

“…The future advancement of the agricultural community hinges significantly on the entrepreneurial actions of farmers. Fruit crops have emerged as a promising avenue for entrepreneurial pursuits among farmers, offering higher yields and returns per unit area, optimizing resource utilization on farms, and presenting diverse opportunities for post-harvest processing and value addition [5][6][7].…”