Entrepreneurial behavior of bee keeping farmers

Abstract

Entrepreneur is the most significant symbol of economic activity and most important mover of development. The present study was conducted in adjoining area Morena city of Madhya Pradesh during 2018-19. A list of farmers who are involved in bee keeping farming was prepared. From this list 200 bee keeping farmers were selected by random sampling method. The study revealed that majority 65.00 percent respondents had medium level of entrepreneurial behavior about bee keeping management practices. The entrepreneurial behavior was positively and significantly related with education, bee keeping experience, land holding, bee keeping colony possession, occupation, annual income, material possession, extension contact, economic motivation, market orientation, scientific orientation, information seeking behavior of bee keeping farmers towards bee keeping farming and knowledge of improved bee keeping management practices found to have positive and significant relationship with entrepreneurial behavior. Coefficient of determination R2 was 0.978 which indicates that 97.00 percent variation in the entrepreneurial behavior of bee keeping farmers was explained by sixteen independent variables which were selected for study.