Title: ENTREPRENEURIAL ATTITUDE OF UNDER GRADUATE AGRICULTURE STUDENTS

Authors: L. S. Rathod, V. M. Patel and J. K. Patel

Publisher: The President, Society of Extension Education Gujarat

Keywords: entrepreneurial attitude, unemployment, achievement motivation

Volume: 39

Issue: 2

Year: June 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56572/gjoee.2025.39.2.0011

Abstract: Indian agriculture is known for multi-functionaries of providing employment, livelihood and ecological securities. Unemployment rising particularly among educated people is alarming for the governments. Total 160 third and final year students of B.Sc. (Horns) Agriculture were selected in academic year 2021-22 by proportionate stratified random sampling from two Colleges viz. C.P. College of Agriculture, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University and College of Agriculture, Tharad. It was observed from the study that majority of the under graduate students belonged to the age group of less than or equal to 20 years, belonged to medium size of family, belonged to rural background, students father had farming and government service as their occupation, had medium level of family income, had small and medium size of family land holding, students father had Primary school, high school and under graduate/post graduate level of education, were found having below average and poor level of participation in extracurricular activities, had medium and high level use of source of information, had medium level of achievement motivation. The majority of the under graduate students had favourable entrepreneurial attitude. Out of ten independent variables, three variables viz., family land holding, participation in extra-curricular activities and source of information were positively and significantly correlated with entrepreneurial attitude of under graduate students further, family income and achievement motivation had positive and highly significant relation with attitude.