Maximising farm profitability through entrepreneurship development and farmers' innovations: Feasibility analysis and action interventions

M S NAIN; RASHMI SINGH; J R MISHRA; J P SHARMA; ANIL KUMAR SINGH; ANJANI KUMAR; RESHMA GILLS; R S SUMAN

doi:10.56093/ijas.v89i6.90833

Authors

M S NAIN Principal Scientist, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
RASHMI SINGH Principal Scientist, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
J R MISHRA Principal Scientist, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
J P SHARMA Joint Director Extension, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
ANIL KUMAR SINGH Principal Scientist, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
ANJANI KUMAR Director, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
RESHMA GILLS Scientist, ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi
R S SUMAN Senior Scientist, ICAR-IVRI, Izatnagar.

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v89i6.90833

Keywords:

Agripreneurship, Capacity building, Entrepreneurial competencies, Farmersâ€™ innovation, Linkages, Price spread

Abstract

The focus of capacity building has been shifting from primarily production to agri-business, based on market-led integration and developing other value chains aiming at enhancing farmers' income. It requires identification and supporting of rural enterprises through technology and skill training, entrepreneurship training, market information, access to institutionalized credit, and other infrastructure related facilities.The need for appreciation of farmers as actors in the innovation system, and institutionalization of farmers' wisdom for their scalability has been realized at most levels. To develop farming as a business venture and to integrate the farmers' innovations and opportunities in secondary agriculture an action research study has been conducted in National Capital region of India. Institutional arrangement for facilitation of networking among stakeholders and resources was opined as the foremost requirement for enhancing farm income. The skills in social processes of group management and enterprise management were found lacking among the farmers. The entrepreneurial and technical trainings led to income generating activities. The price spread in major commercial crops showed that the longer chain reduced the producers' share in consumer rupee drastically which implies the production linkages need to be developed with involvement of all the stakeholders. Through the lessons and opinion of respondents, maximizing farm profitability was found to be interplay of entrepreneurial competencies, entrepreneurial climate, and farmers' innovations which suggest convergence and synergistic linkages.

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