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

2022 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 189-191
Author(s):  
Saurabh Singh ◽  
B. K. Gupta ◽  
B. P. Mishra ◽  
Gaurav Shukla ◽  
Saurabh S. Raghubanshi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Rural Youth ◽  
Annual Income ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Entrepreneurial Behaviour ◽  
Medium Level ◽  
Economic Profile

India being predominantly agriculture and agripreneurs play vital and important role in theagricultural value chain. In today’s changing scenario, skills in entrepreneurship developmenthave become important and Skill Development of Rural Youth is a flagship scheme of theGovernment of India. The study was conducted in Banda district of Bundelkhand regionof Uttar Pradesh to study the entrepreneurial behaviour of youths and its impact on socio-economic status of youths. Total 90 respondents were selected through proportionaterandom sampling from three youth training centers of Banda district. The data were collectedwith the help of pre-structured schedule and entrepreneurial behaviour of youths wasassessed by seven components of entrepreneurial behaviour. It was found that the majority(66.67%) of respondents had medium level of entrepreneurial behaviour. Further, the socio-economic profile attributes like education, land holding, material possession, occupation,annual income and sources of information utilization were positively and significantlycorrelated with entrepreneurial behaviour of youths.

scholarly journals To Study the Socio-Economic Status of Small and Marginal Farmers with Special Reference to Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe Farmers of Kamrup District of Assam

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 147-162
Author(s):  
Deeptangshu Sarma ◽  
Jahanara Jahanara
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Annual Income ◽  
Schedule Caste ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Medium Level ◽  
Food And Nutritional Security ◽  
High Level ◽  
Mass Media Exposure ◽  
Schedule Tribe

SES (socio-economic status) is a measurement of an entity's economic and social position in comparison to others in society. It has an impact on resource accessibility, livelihood patterns, food and nutritional security, and so on. Knowledge, attitude, perception, adoption, change-proneness, level of aspiration, economic motivation and other psychological and behavioural components of a sample are frequently predicted. The present study tried to investigate about the socio economic status of the marginal and small farmers with special reference to Schedule caste and schedule tribe farmers in Kamrup district of Assam. Descriptive research design has been used . Data of 120 respondents were collected with the help of pre-structured questionnaire and personal interview. The study was conducted in 5 villages in Kamrup district of Assam in the year 2021.Thirteen variables were selected viz. category Gender, age, caste, education, annual income, occupation, social participation, types of house, land holding , Mass media exposure, farm power, material possessed, Extension contact were taken into account. Equal numbers of respondents were taken from SC and ST. 64.2% of the respondents were male. Majority of them were under 30 years old. Majority of the percentage had primary level of education, along with medium annual income. The overall SES category was medium level with 48.3% and low level 32.5% of SES category, 19.2% high level.

scholarly journals A Study on Socio-Economic Status of Mango Growers in Bijnor District of Western Uttar Pradesh

2020 ◽  
pp. 13-19
Author(s):  
Desh Pal Singh ◽  
Satya Prakash ◽  
Vikas Malik ◽  
Krishna Kumar Singh ◽  
Narendra Singh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Condition ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Annual Income ◽  
Biotic And Abiotic Stress ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Subtropical Fruit

Mango is a tropical and subtropical fruit crop grown in India over an area of 2258.13 thousand hectares with production of 21822.32 metric tons. The total area under mango cultivation in Uttar Pradesh is 265.62 thousand hectares with 4551.83 metric tons production 2017-18. In Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh, mango grown 5.91 thousand hectares area with 118.09 metric tons production of mango in the same period. Mango grown in diverse agro climatic conditions faces differential biotic and abiotic stress limiting the production and productivity of mango that in influenced the economic condition of mango Growers. The purpose of the present study was to examine the socio-economic status of mango growers in Bijnor district of Western Uttar Pradesh. The result of the analysis shows that 39.09 percent of respondent fall within the age range of 46 to 60 years,  general caste (53.64 percent), education level-literate (50.91 percent), family type-joint family (69.09 percent), family member-4 to 6 members (67.27), land holding size-above 5 hectare (50.91 percent), irrigation facilities-own (84.55 percent), 58.18 percent of respondents were engaged in farming activities only and 25.00 percent respondent were doing farming with business.  38.18 percent respondent got more than Rs 300000.00 annual income,  36.82 percent respondent have their own pumping set and electric motor and 53.64 respondent has not participated in any technical programme.

scholarly journals Impact of Training Program on Adoption Behavior of Mango Growers in Faizabad District of Uttar Pradesh

2021 ◽  
pp. 76-81
Author(s):  
Alimul Islam ◽  
Dipak Kumar Bose ◽  
Naushad Alam
Keyword(s):  
Economic Status ◽  
Mangifera Indica ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Tropical Fruit ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
News Magazines ◽  
Medium Level ◽  
Production Practices ◽  
High Level

Mango fruit (Mangifera indica) is national fruit of Indian and most popular, nutritionally rich tropical fruit with unique flavor, fragrance, taste, and promoting qualities for health. In India harvest and sale of mango is during March, April and May, and this is annually covered by news magazines. Several hundred cultivars of mango depending on the cultivars of mango. The field survey was conducted the year of 2014-15. Exist survey was carried out to determine the extent of adoption of recommended Mango production practices by the farmers in Masaudha and another block of  Sohawal, Faizabad District in Uttar Pradesh. One hundred thirty respondents were selected randomly and descriptive research design was followed for the research. The study inferred that there are 47.70 per cent trainees and 56.93 per cent non-trainees were having medium level socio-economic status whereas 41.54 per cent trainees and 35.38 per cent non-trainees were having low socio-economic status while 10.76 per cent trainees and 7.69 per cent non trainees were having high socio-economic status. It was also observed from the results that there were 32.30 per cent trainees, 24.61 per cent non-trainees had medium level of adoption, 26.15 per cent trainees and 49.23 per cent non-trainees having low level adoption followed by 41.53 per cent trainees and 26.15 per cent non-trainees having high level of adoption of improved Mango production practices. Govt. should take proper steps and appropriate extension strategies to be followed for recommended adoption of mango production practices.

scholarly journals Agri-Entrepreneural Behaviour of King Chilli Growers Under Dimapur District, Nagaland

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 148-157
Author(s):  
Sentizungla Sentizungla ◽  
Jahanara Jahanara ◽  
Dipak Kumar Bose
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Media Exposure ◽  
Social Contact ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Annual Income ◽  
Medium Level ◽  
Contact Mass ◽  
Size Type ◽  
Economic Profile ◽  
Mass Media Exposure

The present study was conducted with the objective to find out the socio economic profile, agri-entrepreneural behaviour and attitude of king chilli growers in Dimapur district of Nagaland and find out the constraints faced by the respondents and to obtain their suggestions. A total of one hundred twenty farmers were selected from 4 villages using proportionate random sampling procedure. Data was collected by using interview method using pre-structure D interview schedule and analyzed using appropriate statistical tools. The study revealed that majority of the respondents belonged to middle aged group, had medium level of annual income with medium size of land holding. Majority of them had medium year of farming experience and medium level of extension contact. On analyzing the entrepreneural behaviour level, highest number of respondents i.e. 65.83% were having medium level of entrepreneural behaviour followed by 25 % having high and 9.16% having low levels. In respect of correlation analysis between entrepreneural behaviour level and socio- economic profile of respondents it shows that annual income, extension contact, mass media exposure and social contact are positively significant. Whereas, age, education, family type, family size, type of house, land holding, and farming experience are non-significant. In respect of the correlation analysis, the annual income, extension contact, mass media exposure and social contact were positively significant at 0.05 % level related to attitude of the people whereas age, education, family type, family size, type of house, land holding, and farming experience were found to be non-significantly related to attitude of the respondents towards king chilli production respectively.

scholarly journals Socio-economic and Socio-personal Characteristics of Agri-Entrepreneurs: A Study of Uttarakhand and Punjab State of India

2021 ◽  
pp. 104-109
Author(s):  
Taufiq Ahmad ◽  
Rifat Haneef
Keyword(s):  
Political Institutions ◽  
Middle Age ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
States Data ◽  
Medium Level ◽  
Level Of Experience ◽  
Two Wheeler

This study investigated the Socio-economic and Socio-personal characteristics of agripreneurs. The study was conducted in Uttarakhand and Punjab states. Data for the investigation were collected from 120 respondent trainees, 60 each from the selected state. The study discovered that the majority of respondents (65.83) belonged to middle age group of 29-40 years, were married (75.83%) and had a low level of experience (0-5 years) in the agri enterprises. It was found that the majority of the respondents (50.83%) were engaged in agriculture belonged to the General caste and had education up to graduation (57.50%). A maximum number of the respondents were involved in social and political institutions holding more than one position (35.83%), belonged to medium family size (49.17%), possessed 5-10 animal (biogas plant, pump set, two-wheeler (36.67%). The majority of the respondents (81.17%) had a medium level of socio-economic status (SES).

scholarly journals Socio-Economic Profile, Motivational Sources and Reason behind Joining the Farmer Producer Companies by the Dairy Farmers in India

2021 ◽  
pp. 35-44
Author(s):  
Sunil Kumar ◽  
Gopal Sankhala ◽  
Priyajoy Kar ◽  
Devendra Kumar Meena
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Direct Marketing ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Motivational Factors ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Dairy Farmers ◽  
Economic Profile

Collective action approaches plays a significant role in solving marketing problems like providing the remunerative price of the product, eliminates the intermediaries from the agriculture value chain, and enhance the direct marketing between farmers and consumers. In these references, a new collective action approach being popularised in India i.e., farmer producer company. So, it is important to study the socio-economic characteristics of dairy farmers, motivational factors, and the reasons behind joining the FPCs. Hence a study was conducted from January 2020 at the three states i.e. Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh of India to investigate the socio-economic profile, motivational factors, and the reasons behind joining the FPCs among farmers. Primary data was collected through a semi-structured interview schedule using a sample of 360 farmers selected from twelve dairy-based FPCs of three states. Data were analyzed through frequency, range, and percentage. It was found that most farmers were middle-aged, possess small landholding, educated up to graduate level. The most important reason behind taking the membership of FPCs was to enhance the family income through FPCs, better price realization by FPCs, and quick payment settlement. Due to the above reasons, most of the farmers want to join FPCs in study areas. The result of the present study helps to enhance the membership of farmer Producer Company through formulating a suitable strategy that should attract the farmer to joining the farmer producer company. This also helps to identify the motivation sources and their credibility among farmers for convincing them for joining FPCs. It was also found that the participation of farmers in dairy-based farmer producer companies is largely dependent on the socio-economic characteristics of the dairy farmers.

scholarly journals Socio-economic status and extent of adoption of climate resilient technologies in the Eastern Plain Zone of Uttar Pradesh

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (AAEBSSD) ◽  
pp. 281-286
Author(s):  
S. R. Devegowda ◽  
Saket Kushwaha ◽  
P. S. Badal
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Family Size ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Similar Pattern ◽  
Middle Age ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Socio Economic Status

The study focused on extent of adoption of climate resilient technologies and socioeconomic status of the farmers in the eastern plain zone of Uttar Pradesh. Data collected from flood and usar affected blocks of Varanasi and Chandauli subjected to analysis. High adoption of climate resilient technologies noticed followed by low and medium adoption. Farmers belonged to middle age and young age adopted climate resilient technologies more compare to old age farmers. Illiterates adopted less compare primary and secondary educated farmers, where they adopted more. Nuclear family constituted more in high and low adoption groups similar pattern followed in joint family. Among all groups of adoption, the medium family size accounted for the most adoptions, followed by the medium and big family sizes. Low income was predominant among farmers of all groups whereas high adopted farmers had higher income than medium and low adopted farmers. The majority of the farmers had medium farming experience, which affected positively on adoption more than high and low experience, low adopted farmers having less expertise. Farmers with a high extension contact used more climate resilient technology.

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