Performance Analysis of Self Help Groups on Farm Entrepreneurship in Thiruvananthapuram District of Kerala

Authors

  • Suma Rose Sundaran KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
  • G.S. Sreedaya Kerala Agricultural University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26725/JEE.2016.1.28.5598-5602

Abstract

The present study aims to analyse the performance of the SHGs involved in farm entrepreneurship in terms of managerial efficiency, sustainability and entrepreneurial behaviour  of SHGs. Ninety  respondents were selected randomly from three men and women SHGs involved in fruit and vegetable cultivation from six different blocks of Kerala through purposive and simple random sampling. A well-structured interview schedule was used for data collection from the respondents. Managerial efficiency and entrepreneurial behaviour was measured using the procedure developed by Sreedaya (2000) and Kumar (2007) respectively and sustainability was measured using the procedure developed by the researcher for the study. The results were analysed with the help of different statistical tools like mean, frequency, percentage and ANOVA. The result revealed that majority of the men and women respondents had medium level of managerial efficiency, sustainability and entrepreneurial behaviour. It was also revealed that there was no significant difference between men and women SHGs in terms of managerial efficiency and sustainability but they differ only in terms of entrepreneurial behavior.

Author Biographies

Suma Rose Sundaran, KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

PG SCHOLAR ,DEPT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION ,COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE  VELLAYANI, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

G.S. Sreedaya, Kerala Agricultural University

ASST. PROFESSOR, DEPT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION ,COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE  VELLAYANI, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

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Published

2016-11-21

How to Cite

Sundaran, S. R., & Sreedaya, G. (2016). Performance Analysis of Self Help Groups on Farm Entrepreneurship in Thiruvananthapuram District of Kerala. Journal of Extension Education, 28(1). https://doi.org/10.26725/JEE.2016.1.28.5598-5602