ENTREPRENEURIAL CONSTRAINTS FACED BY AGRIPRENEURS IN MAJOR DISTRICTS OF SAURASHTRA REGION

B.J. BHAGTANI¹*, C.D. LAKHLANI^2
1Post Graduate Institute of Agri-Business Management, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, 362 001, Gujarat, India
²Post Graduate Institute of Agri-Business Management, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, 362 001, Gujarat, India
* Corresponding Author : bharatjbhagtani@gmail.com

Received : 10-01-2022     Accepted : 28-01-2022     Published : 30-01-2022
Volume : 14     Issue : 1       Pages : 11028 - 11029
Int J Agr Sci 14.1 (2022):11028-11029

Keywords : Agripreneurs, Categories of agripreneurs, Constraint analysis, Garratts ranking
Academic Editor : Sudhanand P Lal
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to the Post Graduate Institute of Agri-Business Management, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, 362 001, Gujarat. The authors are also thankful to the agripreneurs who were visited during the study for their appreciable response and to the J. K agro food for its cooperation by providing the necessary information to fulfill the research purpose
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The study was intended to identify the constraints experienced by the agripreneurs in starting and running agro-enterprises in major districts of Saurashtra region of Gujarat state. The procedure employed in the selection of the respondents comprising the three categories of agripreneurs namely the on-farm agripreneurs, off-farm agripreneurs and the commercial farmers. A total of 150 respondents were selected by employing the random sampling method from Saurashtra region. Garratt’s ranking technique was used to rank the constraints. The result revealed that the majority of agripreneurs faced poor access to formal credit facilities with a mean score 61.1867 (rank I) followed by inadequate guidance and financial assistance and Stiff competition with other entrepreneurs with a mean score 55.9610 (rank II) and 54.6933 (rank III) irrespective of types of agripreneurs i.e., commercial farmers, off farm agripreneurs and on farm agripreneurs

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