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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
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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