Educational needs for entrepreneurship promotion and barriers for agripreneurship development among agricultural graduates Goswami Amit Kumar1, Sharma J.P.1, Burman R. Roy1, Gills Reshma1, Rani Anshu1, Roy Pinaki*,1, Sahu Subhashree1, Singh Rahul1 1Indian Agricultural Research institute, New Delhi-110012 *Corresponding author email id: roypinaki51@gmail.com
Abstract The study aimed at specifying the educational needs for entrepreneurship promotion and barriers for agripreneurship development among agricultural graduates under agriclinic and agribusiness centre (ACABC) scheme. The study included a sample of 30 trained farmer entrepreneurs, fifteen each from Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra respectively who have undergone training conducted by ACABC. The barriers for agripreneurship development among agricultural graduates affected the farmer entrepreneurs of both the study locations differently. The farmer entrepreneurs of Uttar Pradesh had high technical barriers whereas those of Maharashtra had medium technical barriers. Similarly, in terms of social barriers, entrepreneurs of both the states had high social barriers like less family support and adverse family conditions which forced them to be employed rather than opting for entrepreneurship. Farmer entrepreneurs from Uttar Pradesh had medium psychological barriers while farmer entrepreneurs of Maharashtra faced high psychological barriers like low interest in agriculture studies. At times, the farmer entrepreneurs start their enterprise but find it difficult to expand or manage the enterprise. Therefore, it is necessary to arrange training at each and every level of enterprise development. Industrial training must be coupled with agricultural training so that high value, processed end products could be produced which would fetch higher prices. Top Keywords Agricultural, Agripreneurship, Barriers, Educational, Entrepreneurship, Graduates, Promotion. Top |