Entrepreneurship in Agriculture : Scopes and Opportunities
Contents: Preface. 1. Entrepreneurship development: A Conceptual approach/Dipak De. 2. Entrepreneurial opportunities under sustainable farming system/H. Rahman and V. Ngachan. 3. Need system and entrepreneurial motivation for a sustainable agro-venture/A.K. Mohanty, Ashok Kumar and H. Rahman. 4. Entrepreneurship Development through export quality scented rice production/A. Baishya. 5. Hybrid seed production technology for better income generation/A. Baishya. 6. Entrepreneurship development in seed production and marketing/R.Karuppaiyan, Rinchen Denzongpa and Shanti Rai. 7. Role of medicinal and aromatic plants in entrepreneurship development/Ajeya Jha. 8. Scope of entrepreneurship development through commercial horticulture/B.C. Deka. 9. Prospect of agribusiness in northeast India through horticulture development/B.C. Deka. 10. Large cardamom cultivation: A market driven technology for the entrepreneurs/M.R. Sudarshan. 11. Popularization of cut flower/dry flower technology as a lucrative enterprise/L.C. Dey and R.P. Medhi. 12. Protected vegetable cultivation: A Viable source of income generation/Kundan Kishore, H. Kalita, Boniface Lepcha, Monika. N and Brijesh Pandey. 13. Cultivation of spices: A viable option for entrepreneurship development/Ashok Kumar, A.K. Mohanty, Monika. N, H. Rahman and Kundan Kishore. 14. Income generation and employment opportunity through mushroom production/L.S. Srivastava and Tasvina R. Borah. 15. Soil testing for efficient nutrient management: A viable option for entrepreneurship/R.K. Avasthe. 16. Entrepreneurship development through vermicomposting/Kundan Kishore, H. Kalita, Monika. N, Boniface Lepcha and Brijesh Pandey. 17. Entrepreneurial scope in production of bio-control agents for sustainable agriculture/H. Kalita and K. Rameash. 18. Agro-entrepreneurship development through apiculture/H. Kalita and K. Rameash. 19. Micro-entrepreneurship development through value-addition and processing of farm enterprises/P.K. Srivastava. 20. Piggery intervention under suitable farming develops entrepreneurship/Anubrata Das, Mohan N.H. and R. Thomas. 21. Strategies for rearing free range bovines as a successful enterprise in the north-east hill region/C. Rajkhowa, A. Dhali and A. Mech. 22. Backyard poultry for entrepreneurship development among rural people/R.P. Sharma, M. Niranjan, U. Rajkumar and S.V. Rama Rao. 23. Commercial diary farming for livelihood security of farmers/Suresh Kumar, R. Chandra and H. Rahman. 24. Livestock based entrepreneurship development for better employment/Suresh Kumar, R. Chandra and H. Rahman. 25. Entrepreneurial scopes and opportunities in commercial goat farming/R. Chandra, L.R. Chatlod, Suresh Kumar, S. Toppo, N. Haque and H. Rahman. 26. Agribusiness opportunities through establishment of animal health clinics/L.R. Chatlod, R. Chandra, S. Toppo, H. Rahman, Papri Pal and Helina Rahman. 27. Women empowerment through and livestock enterprises/S. Toppo, L.R. Chatlod and R. Chandra. 28. Role of market for entrepreneurship development/S.T. Venchungp. Index.
Entrepreneurship plays a vital role in making agriculture economically viable and success or failure of sustainable agriculture is largely decide the fate of our farming community.
The book entitle Entrepreneurship in Agriculture : Scopes and Opportunities is much needed by the students, academicians, extension functionaries, researchers, policy makers to enlighten them about the concepts, issues, scopes and opportunities of entrepreneurship in agriculture and allied sector to make it more sustainable.
The initial chapters of this book deal with the concepts of entrepreneurship along with the issues and dynamics of entrepreneurship followed by all the relevant technologies concerning to field crops in agriculture and their entrepreneurial aspects. The major portion of the book deli-neates horticulture, spices, post-harvest and processing technologies suitable for entrepreneurship development under sustainable farming system. The later part of the book highlights entrepreneurial opportunities in livestock sector, women entrepreneurship and financial analysis and marketing network, etc. (Jackeet)
