LEVEL OF AGRIBUSINESS ANXIETY OF DIPLOMA AGRICULTURAL STUDENTS OF ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF GUJARAT

S.K. RAGHUVANSH¹*, MEENABEN C. PATEL^2
1Department of Extension Education, B A College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388110, Gujarat, India
²Institute of Distance education, Anand Agricultural University, Anand-388110, Gujarat, India
* Corresponding Author : skraghuvansh5@gmail.com

Received : 09-04-2016     Accepted : 16-04-2016     Published : 28-06-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 22       Pages : 1437 - 1439
Int J Agr Sci 8.22 (2016):1437-1439

Keywords : Agribusiness anxiety, Constraints, Diploma agricultural students
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The present investigation was carried out on proportional random sample of total 50 diploma students studying in the final year of diploma in agriculture faculty of AAU of Gujarat state. The data was collected through interview schedule contacting diploma students personally , ex- post facto research design was applied for the study. The level of agribusiness anxiety of diploma students of AAU of Gujarat was measured with the help of reliable and valid scale developed by patel (2008). For measurement of independent variables included in study, different scales and scoring techniques developed by other scientists were used with slight modifications. The collected data were classified, tabulated and analyzed in light of objectives in order to make the finding meaningful Statistical tools, such as percentage, frequency, mean and standard deviation were used. The findings revealed that majority (74.00 per cent) of respondents had age below 20 years followed by 68.00 per cent of them had first class of academic performance, majority (70.00 per cent) of them were residents of rural area, 33.33 per cent had knowledge of three languages, 36.00 per cent had agriculture as their family occupation, majority (72 per cent) of them had up to two lakh rupees of annual family income 64.00 per cent had medium level of knowledge of internet 72.00 per cent, medium level of self confidence (72.00 per cent) and slightly more than half (52.00 per cent) of the students had medium level of agribusiness anxiety, respectively.