Assessing Entrepreneurial Behaviour of FPO Members: Evidence from North Karnataka, India

Abstract

Entrepreneurial behaviour, which includes traits like innovation, initiative, risk-taking, leadership, and decision-making, is a key factor in determining how actively and effectively members engage with their Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs). The research design adopted in the present study was Ex-post-facto technique to measure the entrepreneurial behaviour among members of FPOs in North Karnataka. Two FPOs in Vijayapura and two in Bagalkote district were purposively selected for the study out of which 30 members from each FPOs were randomly chosen for the study as respondents thus, totalling 120 respondents. The results pertaining to the entrepreneurial behaviour of FPO members showed that, a majority (52.50 %) of the respondents belonged to the medium category, while (21.67 %) are in the high category with Mean = 78.25 and SD = 10.80. The t-test results revealed that, when comparing Indi & Hungunda (t = 0.004**) and Mudhol & Hungunda (t = 0.045**), the differences are statistically significant at the 1 per cent and 5 per cent levels respectively. The relationship between the profile characteristics and the entrepreneurial behaviour showed that, the independent variables such as education, extension contact, social participation, mass media exposure and annual income are highly significant.