Research proposal presentation made by Mr. Prashant Bhandari. This was made for research grant for a completion of thesis at Agriculture and Forestry University, Nepal

1. “SUCCESS FACTORS FOR
CATTLE & GOAT
ENTREPRENEURS IN
CHITWAN”
Prashant Bhandari
Student,
Agriculture and Forestry University(AFU), Rampur

2. Research Summary
 Why Farmer A is successful and Farmer B is not?
 How does education, age, sex, family size, marital status,
involvement in social institutions come into play?
 Effect of herd size, status of backward and forward linkage; Status
of enabling environment for the enterprise
 Effect due to availability of and access to service provider
institutions

3. Rationale
 Entrepreneurship is one of the 17 Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs)
 Arguably, best chance for returning migrants to
transform their lives is through cattle & goat
entrepreneurship
 Steele (2012) the future success of “rural” is seen as
closely tied to entrepreneurship

4. …Rationale
 A statistical benchmark for entrepreneurs, researchers
and policy makers
 Farmer oriented research
 Adds data and scientific validation for new business
and development projects

5. bjectives
 Determine the factors that have contributed to success of local goat
and cattle entrepreneurs quantitatively and qualitatively
 Examine factors that have contributed to their sustained success.

6. Methodology
• Semi-structured survey of goat and
cattle entrepreneurs
operating in Chitwan
• Three case studies
to augment/triangulate the data of
surveys

7. Study Site
 West Chitwan-Meghauli,
Madi,
Rampur,
Patihani,
 East Chitwan-Tandi,
Parsa,
Birendranagar,
Jyamire
Source:
Google maps

8. Output and Outcomes
 Success factors for goat and cattle entrepreneurship in
Chitwan studied
 Critical Traits and Factors for entrepreneurs studied
 Recommendation/reference for agribusiness policy
formulation and implementation

9. Budget Breakdown
Survey supplies and
Expenses
24%
Enumeration Fee
20%
Travelling to
Research sites
35%
Gifts for case
studies respondents
8%
Indirect Expenses
13%
Survey supplies and Expenses Enumeration Fee
Travelling to Research sites Gits for case study respondents
Indirect Expenses
Budget Item Amount in NRs
Survey Supplies
and Expenses
17,000
Enumeration
Fees
14,000
Transportation 24,400
Indirect/Unfores
een Costs
9,210
Gifts for
respondents of
case studies
6,000
Total 70,610

10. Research design, Questionnaire preparation
and literature review
Survey(100 respondents) in sites
July 15- Aug 15
30 daysTask 5 Here
Jun 15 – July 15
30 daysTask 2 Here
Jun 2- Jun 25
23 days
May 15-Jun 2
18 days
Case Studies(Three)
Data Analysis and paper preparation
2017 May June June 30 July August 2017
Data Analyzed and
Paper Prepared
Case
studies
completedSurvey
Completed
Literature
reviewed
Research designed, Questionnaire
prepared

11. Thank You