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Original Research Articles                      Volume : 6, Issue:11, November, 2017

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Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci.2017.6(11): 252-258
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2017.611.030


A Study on Profile Characteristics of Rural Young Agri Entrepreneurs
G. Shivacharan1*, V. Sudharani1, R. Vasantha1 and K. Supriya2
1Department of Agricultural Extension
2Department of Statistics and Mathematics, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad – 500030, Telangana, India
*Corresponding author
Abstract:

The present study was conducted in Nizamabad and Karimnagar districts of Andhra Pradesh to study the profile of rural young agri entrepreneurs. Total 120 respondents were randomly selected for the study and interviewed. Most of the respondents were late young aged (38.33%), had college and above level education (65.84%), had not undergone any training (78.33%), within training undergone majority (65.38%) of them had only knowledge based training, low entrepreneurial experience (41.67%), manufacturing entrepreneurial activity (52.50%), micro scale of operation (67.50%), sole proprietorship ownership status (55.83%), low extension contact (41.67%), nonofficial position (40.83%) and official position (40.00%) in one or more organizations, medium information seeking behaviour (50.83%), high economic motivation (43.33%), low family support (42.50%), medium financial support (37.50%), seasonal raw material supply (77.50%), whole sale market for their product (85.83%) and outside the village market (85.83%).


Keywords: Agri entrepreneurs, Profile.

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Shivacharan, G., V. Sudharani, R. Vasantha and Supriya, K. 2017. A Study on Profile Characteristics of Rural Young Agri Entrepreneurs.Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 6(11): 252-258. doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2017.611.030
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