A Study on Entrepreneurial Behaviour of Chickpea Seed Growers in RaichurDistrict of Karnataka, India

摘要

A study was conducted in Raichur district of Karnataka to know the level of entrepreneurial behaviour of chickpea seed growers. A sample of 40 respondents were selected for the present study using purposive sampling technique. The five components of entrepreneurial behaviour were undertaken to evaluate the status of entrepreneurial behaviour such as, innovativeness, decision-making ability, achievement motivation, leadership ability and Cosmo politeness. The results revealed that three fifth (60.00%)of the growers belonged to medium entrepreneurial behavior category. Whereas, 22.50 and 17.50 per cent of the growers were in low and high entrepreneurial behaviour category, respectively. The variables like farming experience, annual income, achievement motivation and management orientation showed significant relationship with entrepreneurial behaviour at 5 per cent level of probability. Whereas, risk orientation, extension participation and information seeking behaviour showed significant relationship with entrepreneurial behaviour at 1 per cent level of probability. The R2 (0.624) value indicated that, the twelve independent variables put together contributed a significant amount of variation (62.40%) in the overall entrepreneurial behavior of chickpea seed growers.