Analysis of socio economic profile of trained agri graduates under agriclinics and agribusiness centres (ACABC‟s) scheme in Rajasthan

Abstract

Agriclinics and agribusiness centres (ACABC‟s) scheme is a subsidy based credit linked scheme launched by government of India on 9th April, 2002 for the strengthen technology transfer, public extension system and employment generation in rural areas. The present study was conducted in Rajasthan state during 2011 to 2015 and based on the primary data collected through field survey by pre tested questionnaires from 150 sample agrigraduates. The objective of study was to analyse the profile of agrigraduates on the basis of socio economic characteristics. The socio-economic profile were covered under broad categories such as socioeconomic profile of the trained agripreneurs, status of agriventure taken, status of loans obtained and approached, reasons for refusal of loan application, reasons for willingness and not willingness to take up agriventures under the scheme. The appropriate statistical techniques such as frequencies, scores and percentages were used to analyse the socio economic profile of agrigraduates under agriclinics and agribusiness centres scheme. The study results and previous literature are indicated that the most important factors influencing establishment of agribusiness units are attitude towards self-employment, better livelihood opportunities, entrepreneurial ability, motivation from successful entrepreneurs and self-confidence. Gender-related variations were also significant with regard to attitude towards self-employment, decision-making ability and information seeking behaviour. Thus, there is need to change in the attitude of agrigraduates towards self-employment, develop entrepreneurial ability and enhance self-confidence of the trainees through the training programmes.

Risk and uncertainty of plastic mulch adoption in raspberry production systems

“…In most studies researchers have categorized risks into five major risk types: production, price, financial, human, and institutional risks (Komarek et al ., 2020). However, some literature (Carolan, 2006; Bairwa et al ., 2013) indicates that growers may face two additional risk types: hidden and asset risk. Therefore, seven risk types are described below.…”

“…Decision-making at the farm level thus depends on uncontrollable and unpredictable conditions. This can include meteorological events, such as extremes in temperature and rainfall, as well as pests and diseases (Bairwa et al ., 2013; Hamsa and Bellundagi, 2017). Products from these events can cause uncertainty about how crops or livestock may perform in the future (Hardaker, 2004).…”

“…Additional environmental factors that can reduce or limit crop yields also fall under this category (Komarek et al ., 2020). Price risk: Price risk refers to unforeseen fluctuations in the price of a crop or livestock output and/or the cost of farm inputs that are purchased after a grower decides to commit to production (Bairwa et al ., 2013). Access to markets is also included in this risk type (Komarek et al ., 2020).…”

“…In most cases growers do not produce a profit from these investments for several months or years. Growers are not guaranteed the same product prices that were established before committing to production (Bairwa et al ., 2013). By the time the crop is ready to be distributed to consumers there is a possibility that market prices could decline, reducing the overall profitability of the production system.…”

“…It can also be defined as the variability of a production system's cash flow (Gabriel and Baker, 1980; De Mey et al ., 2016; Komarek et al ., 2020). This type of risk is dependent on how the grower chooses to obtain or finance capital for crop or livestock production investments (Bairwa et al ., 2013). A grower who makes the decision to borrow capital may experience variation in interest rates on loans, changes in credit conditions, or face legal repercussions if the production system generates insufficient capital to repay creditors (Bairwa et al ., 2013).…”