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ABSTRACTS
motivation and innovativeness of farmers showed
significant relationship with direct changes of adopted
and non-adopted villages.
Suggestions given by the farmers of adopted
villages to overcome the constraints were: awareness
programmes should be conducted about advanced
methods, selection of the real beneficiaries for training
without any political intervention, off campus training
programmes should be conducted and demonstration
units need to be maintained properly.
Political influence should be reduced in the
supply of inputs, provision of marketing and storage
facilities and provision of fertilizers on subsidized rates
were the important suggestions given by the farmers of
non-adopted villages.
Strategy was given for the effective
implementation of KVK towards overall development of
the farmer as providing required knowledge and skill by
conducting more training programmes and
demonstrations, involving practicing farmers from
sample communities with proper selection of
technologies, improve the contact with state department
of agriculture to produce fertilizers on subsidized rates,
soil testing facilities should be carried out on priority,
conducting more vocational training programmes and
income generation activities.
“A study on Entrepreneurial Behaviors of Sugarcane growers in
Mandya district of Karnataka”
Student : Abhishik Gowda. T
Major Advisor: Dr. CH. Ramesh Babu
Department of Extension Education
Entrepreneurship has now been recognized as
a concept not only vital for industries but also in the
development of agriculture. Entrepreneurship stands
as a vehicle to improve the quality of life for individuals,
families and communities and to sustain a healthy
economy and environment. By a simple definition, doing
new things or doing things that are already being done
in a new way is a part of entrepreneurial behavior. With
the said backdrop, a study was conducted to assess the
entrepreneurial behavior of sugarcane growers in
Madhya district of Karnataka.
The data was collected from the sugarcane
growers through a well structured interview schedule,
which was developed keeping in view the objectives of
the study. The data thus collected was coded, tabulated
and analyzed. Finally, the statistical tools like Arithmetic
mean, Standard deviation, frequency, Percentage,
Correlation and Multiple linear regression were used
for meaningful interpretation of findings and for drawing
conclusions.
The findings of personal, socio-economic and
psychological characteristics indicated that majority of
sugarcane growers were middle aged, educated up to
high school, dependent only on agriculture, operating
small size holdings, medium in social, extension and
mass media participation and had low level of credit
orientation. Further they had medium scientific and
management orientation.
The multiple linear regression analysis
indicated that all the nine sub-components of
entrepreneurial behavior put together explained 93 per
cent of variation. The most important three components
in order of their importance were innovativeness,
Information seeking behavior and Decision making
ability, while the three least important components found
in the study were cosmopolitans, risk orientation
leadership ability.
Successful case lets of sugarcane growers
reflected that the farmers orientation with the variables
such as membership in social organizations, contact with
extension agency, participation in agricultural
programmes and favorable attitude towards innovations
were significantly contributed to become an
entrepreneur. M.Sc (Ag), 2008
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