factors affecting development of agri-entrepreneurship in bhagalpur district of bihar thesis

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Dr. S. R. Singh Department of Extension Education
Univ. Prof.-cum-Chief. Scientist Bihar Agricultural College,
Chairman Sabour, Bhagalpur - 813 210
Deptt. Of Ext. Education

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CERTIFICATE-I

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Agri-entrepreneurship in Bhagalpur District of Bihar’’’’ ssuubbmmiitttteedd iinn ppaarrttiiaall
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(Dr.S.R.Singh)
CHAIRMAN
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
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Affecting Development of Agri-entrepreneurship in Bhagalpur District of Bihar’’’’
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Dr. S. R. Singh
Chairman
Advisory Committee

Endorsed:

Dr. S. R. SINGH Members
Chairman
Department of Extension Education
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1. Dr. C. K. Panda
Asstt. Professor cum-Jr. Scientist.
Dept. of Extension Education
Bihar Agricultural College, Sabour

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2. Dr. Meera Kumari
Asstt. Professor cum-Jr. Scientist
Department of Agricultural Economics
Bihar Agricultural College, Sabour

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3. Dr. S.N Singh
Univ. Professor cum-chief- Scientist
Deptt. of Stat., Maths & Computer Appl.
B.A.C., Sabour

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4. Dr. Rajiv Rakshit
Asstt. Professor cum-Jr.Scientist,
Deptt. Of Soil Science & Agril Chemistry
Bihar Agricultural College, Sabour
( Nominee of DRI-cum Dean PGS )
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Dr. S. R. Singh Name & signature
Chairman of
Advisory Committee External Examiner

Endorsed:

Dr. S. R. Singh Members
Chairman
Department of Extension Education
1. Dr. C. K. Panda
Asstt. Professor cum-Jr. Scientist.
Deptt. of Extension Education
Bihar Agricultural College, Sabour

2. Dr. Meera Kumari
Asstt. Professor cum-Jr. Scientist
Department of Agricultural Economics
Bihar Agricultural College, Sabour

…………………………… 3. Dr. S.N Singh
Assoc. Dean-cum-Principal Univ. Professor cum-chief- Scientist
Bihar Agricultural College, Sabour Deptt. of Stat., Maths & Computer Appl.
Bhagalpur – 813 210 B.A.C., Sabour

4. Dr. Rajiv Rakshit
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Asstt. Professor cum-Jr.Scientist,
DRI-cum Dean PGS
Deptt. of Soil Science & Agril Chemistry
Bihar Agricultural University
Bihar Agricultural College, Sabour
Sabour Bhagalpur-813 210
(Nominee of DRI-cum Dean PGS)
FACTORS AFFECTING DEVELOPMENT OF
AGRI-ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN
BHAGALPUR DISTRICT OF BIHAR

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

It is always difficult to acknowledge so precious and debt as that of
learning. It is the only debt that is difficult to be repaid except through
gratitude. I praise the ‘God’for enabling me to accomplish the great task of
research work by his grace for the glory.
First and foremost, on this day I stand obliged and indebted to
Chairman of my advisory committee, Dr. S.R.Singh, Univ. Prof. cum-Chief-
Scientist and also Chairman of Dept. of Extension Education for his inspiring
guidance, unflinching support and constant encouragement throughout the
course of investigation as well as the preparation of this manuscript. I owe
my great devotion, respect and profound gratitude towards him for his
unfailing enthusiasm, encouragement and generous help. He always gave me
a patient hearing, even when he was extremely busy. I take the pride in
having been associated with such a teacher.
My Co-advisor, Dr .C. K. Panda, Asstt. Prof.-cum-Jr. Sci., Dept. of
Extension Education, has been always there to listen and give advice. I am
deeply grateful to him for the long discussions that helped me sort out the
technical details of my work. I am also thankful to him for encouraging the
use of correct grammar and consistent notation in my writings and for
carefully reading and commenting on countless revisions of this manuscript
With the same spirit, I express my fathomless gratitude to benevolent and
ever generous members of my Advisory Committee, Dr. Meera Kumari, Asst.
Prof.-cum-Jr. Sci., Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Dr.S.N Singh (Univ. Prof.-
cum-chief Sci., Stat., Math. & Comp. Application and Dr. Rajiv Rakshit
(Asstt. Prof-cum-Jr. Sci., Soil science and Agril. Chemistry), (Nominee of the
Dean PGS), B.A.C., Sabour, Bhagalpur for their valuable suggestions, prudent
guidance and painstaking interest to going through the entire manuscript of
the thesis.
I am obliged to Dr. Ramdatt Mishra Asstt. Prof.-cum-Jr. Scientist, Dr.
(Mrs.) A.S.Tigga, Asstt. Prof.-cum-Jr.Scientist, Mr.Aditya, Asstt. Prof.-cum-Jr.
Scientist, Mr.Sashikant Divakar, Asstt. Prof.-cum-Jr. Scientist, Mr.Shirdhar
Patil, Asstt. Prof.-cum-Jr. Scientist, Dr.N.K.Sharma, Asstt. Prof.-cum-Jr.
Scientist, and Dr.Arindam.Nag, Asstt. Prof.-cum-Jr. Scientist, Sri Anil
Paswan for their continuous support, encouragement & guidance throughout
the research work.
I am equally thankful to all the non-teaching staff of our department
Ravi, Md. Saukat Alam, Vivekananda Acharya and Gautam Kumar) of
Dept. of Extension Education, BAU, Sabour.
I also pay my sincere thanks to all the staffs of Library and university for
their unending help during my research work.
I indeed very much obliged to Hon’ble Vice-chancellor BAU, Sabour
(Bhagalpur) Bihar, Dean, (Agriculture), DRI-cum-Dean PGS, BAU, Sabour
and Assoc. Dean-cum-Principle, BAC, Sabour for providing necessary
facilities and encouragement to perform my research work for M. Sc. (Ag.)
Degree Programme.
“Next to god thy parents’’all that I am hope to be I owe my father Shri
Bhuneshwar Prasad and mother Smt. Sitavi Devi and grandfather Late.
Soharai Mahto and my grandmother Late. Ramratiya Devi heartiest
reverence. I admire confidence bestowed on me by parents. The untiring
pains taking dedicated help affection silent wishes and blessings received
from then to bring me to this level to do good deeds. I extend my loving
thanks to my brother, and my sister for providing me sustainable help and
encouragement during my studies.
The help and assistance received from my seniors Mr.Neeraj Kumar,
Mr.Amit Ranjan, Mr. Prasahnt kumar singh, Mr.Rishav sir, Mr.Vinayak sir
have been duly acknowledged with respectful thanks.
I am also thankful to my Batchmate Priyanka kumari, Bhanu
Prakash, Asheesh Chaurasiya, Arvind Patel, Rahul Singh.
It is pleasure for me to give thanks to my lovely juniors Avishek
kumar, Randhir Kumar, Arun Kumar Yadav, Amardeep Sharma, Vipul,
Md. Shabaz, Raushan, Diwakar, Mukesh, Manoj.
The words are inadequate to express my feelings to my friends
Priyanka kumari,Uday kumar, Rohit Raj,Md.Rezanoor Alam, Alok kumar,
Srikanth Jadhav, Prashant Suryavanshi, Jagdish gangode,Kranti kumar,
Nitish Kumar for their co-operation, affection, moral and material support
during the thesis work.
A word of appreciation also goes to Mr. Abhishek Mishra and
Mr. Ashish Mishra, Blue moon graphics, High School Chowk Sabour,
Bhagalpur providing his computer desk facility for thesis typing.
Many more people helped me during spam of time. It will be not fair if
I do not fist them all, it is not lack of gratitude but for lack of space that keep
my pen down. To them I convey my deep love and affection.

Dated: ………,2016
Place: Sabour, Bhagalpur (Tarun kumar)
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The present study entitled “Factors Affecting Development of Agri-entrepreneurship in
Bhagalpur District of Bihar” focused on factors responsible for development of agri-
entrepreneurship.
For this study Bhagalpur District of Bihar state was purposively selected. The list
of agri-entrepreneur from five agri-based enterprise like dairy, mushroom grower,
poultry, nursery grower, beekeeping were collected from the different sources like wise
Krishi vigyan Kendra, line departments of agriculture, agriculture college, The Bihar
State Milk Co-Operative Federation Ltd, Agricultural Technology Management Agency,
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development. From this list of agri-
entrepreneurs, twenty respondents were selected randomly from each agri-based
enterprise; hence the sample size was 100.
Analysis of demographic profile of respondents indicated that majority of the
respondent were middle age group, general category, having intermediate level of
education, more than four members in family size, marginal land holding, annual income
up to 1 lacs, low level of self confidence, high level of innovativeness, medium level of
achievement motivation and low level of institutional support. It was noted that
maximum respondents have their own enterprises and most of them received training. It
was also noted maximum entrepreneurial had less than five years of entrepreneurial
experience. Respondents also have high level of planning orientation, production
orientation and medium level of marketing orientation.