1Student, Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra, India
2Assistant Professor (Extension), College of Agriculture, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra, India
3Associate Professor (Extension), College of Agriculture, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra, India
Online published on 21 January, 2014.
The present study was conducted in four colleges of Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola. The findings revealed that half of the Agricultural students (50.43%) studying in all the four faculties of the Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola namely, B.Sc. (Agriculture), B.Sc. (Horticulture), B.Sc. (Forestry) and B. Tech. (Agriculture Engineering) had high level of aspiration about agri-entrepreneurship. A positive and highly significant relationship was noticed with respect economic orientation and resource availability. The partial regression analysis indicated that 10 selected independent variables put together about 27.29% variation in the aspiration of agriculture students about agri-entrepreneurship.
Aspiration, Agriculture student, Agri-Entrepreneurship, Socio-Economic Status