Title: ATTITUDE OF GIRL STUDENTS TOWARDS AGRICULTURAL ENTPRENEURSHIP

Authors: Shrutiba Zala, Hemlata Saini and Prins N. Radadiya

Publisher: The President, Society of Extension Education Gujarat

Keywords: agricultural entrepreneurship, attitude, employment, innovation, startups

Volume: 37

Issue: 2

Year: June 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56572/gjoee.2024.37.2.0023

Abstract: India is one of the most populated country in the world. It has third largest entrepreneurial ecosystem in the world. Agricultural entrepreneurship has wide scope in India. India has around 63 million enterprises, of which 11.4% are agricultural enterprises. Out of total enterprises, only 20% are women-owned. Entrepreneurial activities related to food processing, value addition, custom hiring services can generate employment for youth and reduce unemployment. Agricultural entrepreneurship provides huge scope to women to tap their entrepreneurial potential. It is crucial to enhance their attitude towards entrepreneurship to mainstream them in this sector. With this consideration, the present study was undertaken to investigate the attitude of girl students towards the agricultural entrepreneurship. It was conducted in Anand Agricultural University. 50 final year undergraduate girl students were randomly selected for the study. The responses were collected using specially designed interview schedule. It is found that majority of the girl students had highly favorable attitude towards agricultural entrepreneurship. Academic performance, Annual family income, Family type, agricultural entrepreneurship workshop was found positively significant. Locality was found positively related and academic performance was found negatively significant with the attitude of girl students towards entrepreneurship.