Impact Factor(JCC): 2.7341 - This article can be downloaded from www.impactjournals.us IMPACT: International Journal of Research in Applied, Natural and Social Sciences (IMPACT: IJRANSS) ISSN(P): 2347-4580; ISSN(E): 2321-8851 Vol. 5, Issue 1, Jan 2017, 1-4 © Impact Journals PROBLEMS FACED BY THE POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS IN ACCEPTANCE OF AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISE AND SUGGESTIONS TO OVERCOME THOSE PROBLEMS SATARUPA MODAK 1 , MEENA C. PATEL 2 & P.K PAL 3 1,3 Department of Agricultural Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, UBKV, West Bengal, India 2 Department of Extension Education, Institute of Distance Education, AAU, Gujarat, India ABSTRACT The students are regarded as the useful human resources for the overall development of agrarian country like India, but in acceptance of agricultural business as an enterprise, many problems were perceived by the postgraduate students. A study was conducted in three colleges of Anand Agricultural University, Anand of Gujarat state. A sample of 150 postgraduate students, were selected for the study. Foremost problems perceived by postgraduate students in acceptance of agricultural enterprise were; lack of positive mind set to have own agricultural enterprise, not enough practical knowledge to start the enterprise and lack of dynamic managerial ability of agricultural enterprise. Need to conduct survey to know attention of agricultural students for investigation of agricultural enterprise, need to provide right approaches to get in touch with various key agricultural enterprise supporting services and need to disseminate knowledge by showing potentiality of opportunities of emerging agricultural enterprise market, etc. were most important suggestions offered by postgraduate students to overcome the problems perceived by in acceptance of agricultural enterprise. KEYWORDS: Agri Enterprise, Agri Business, Entrepreneurship INTRODUCTION Entrepreneurship development is concerned with the growth and development of people towards high level of competency, creativity and fulfilment. This approach helps people to grow in self control, responsibility and other abilities and then try to create a climate in which all clients may contribute to the limits of their improved abilities. The students are regarded as the useful human resources for the overall development of agrarian country like India. They are recognized as the engineers to develop rural India. There is a growing demand for training and educational programs for entrepreneurship, as evidenced by the growing number of academic programme offered in entrepreneurship. Graduates holding agricultural degrees may not be getting enough of the tools and capability needed by entrepreneurs to reach their full potential. College graduates often posses a relatively narrow, but high amount of knowledge in given subject area, but they may lack more general information when it comes to securing loans managing people, understanding the legal process of running a business, or how to segment and target a given market. Resource appraisal is very significant for micro-enterprise development. A developing economy like India needs entrepreneurs who are competent to perceive new opportunity and are willing to incur the necessary risks in exploiting them. Agricultural students must be prepared for the management environment they will face in agricultural enterprise, including management of technology, team building and decision making in an information-incentive field. Gadhvi and Patel (2013) studied that major constraints perceived by