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Entrepreneurship Development of Punjab Farmers Based on Statistical Survey


C.S.Arneja1, V.N. Maurya2 and Gaganpreet Kaur3
Page No. 1-9


Abstract

Entrepreneurship is indispensable for the growth and development of any society and has been
conceived in many ways such as personality characteristics, innovative activities and managerial
abilities. Generally, the entrepreneur is considered as a person who initiates, organizes the activities,
manages and controls the affairs of business unit combining the factors of production to supply
goods and services. Whether the business pertains to agriculture, industry, trade or profession. , the
climate of entrepreneurship associated with traditional agriculture remained at the low ebb and
uninspiring instead of being attractive and vigorous. Farm entrepreneurship was shadowed by
traditions and customs instead of professional choice, as it has more been a way of life rather than a
business proposition based on desired economic incentives. Agro-entrepreneurs are the farmers who
respond to the new enterprise commonly associated with farm and farm related activities. The
essence of entrepreneurship lies in the shedding of inhibiting new values relevant to the emerging
realities of the dynamic environment. Agrobased industries are coming up in towns and cities and
rural-urban population intermingling with each other. Now-a-days, everything is interrelated with
everything else and it has difficult to find out single cause of single effect. According to the
prevailing situation, practicing entrepreneurship is very much essential in Punjab state for
increasing income and employment levels. So, the present study was conducted in Ludhiana district
of Punjab with objectives (i) to identify the basic features of study respondents and;(ii) to study the
entrepreneurial profile of sample farmers. There were 120 respondents selected randomly. It was
found that higher proportion of large farmers had
allied entrepreneurial activities along with crop farming. Most of the entrepreneurial farmers were
from middle aged whereas non-entrepreneurial older in age. The education level and the income of
enterprising farmers were higher than the non-enterprising farmers. Mostly the enterprising farmers
were engaged in dairying followed by vegetable growing. They had higher off farm income and
were more innovative and risk preferring. They adopted latest techniques for major activities like
crop farming. The most of enterprising farmers sourced knowledge from Punjab Agricultural
University. They had more exposure to mass media and excellent management skills as compared
to non-enterprising farmers.


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