The Evolution ofEntrepreneurship
The term Entrepreneurship comes from the French
word ‘entreprendre’ which means “to undertake.”
Richard Cantillon was the first economist to
acknowledge the entrepreneur as a key economic factor
in his posthumous in 1755.(Cantillon,1959)
Entrepreneur is aninnovative person who
maximizes his profits by following new strategies or
venturing into new products or services.
An entrepreneur is defined as “person in effective
control of commercial undertaking; one who
undertakes a business or an enterprise”.
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Entrepreneurship: A Mindset
Entrepreneurshipis more than mere
creation of business:
• Seeking opportunities
• Taking risks beyond security
• Having the tenacity to push an idea into
reality
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ENTREPRENEURIAL
CHARACTERISTICS
1. Risk taking19. Reliability
2. Innovativeness 20. Self-confidence
3. Achievement motivation 21. Honesty
4. Internal locus of Control 23. Being active and energetic
5. Systematic Planner 24. Being profit-minded
6. Dynamism & Leadership 25. The Ability of Learning from mistakes
7. Optimism 26. Desire for Power
8. Ambition 27. Good personality
9. Versatility 28. Self-centeredness
10. Creativity 29. Courage
11. The ability of Manipulation 30. Imagination
12. The Ability to Communicate with people 31. Understanding
13. Initiative 33. Tolerance against uncertainity
14. Flexibility 34.. Networking
15. Intelligence 35. Satisfaction
16. Focusing on Clear Objectives 36. Information seeking
17. Being competitive 37. Being promising
18. Sensitivity to critical situations 38. Adventourous
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Various Phases ofEDP
Suppor
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Sustain
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Stimul
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Entrepreneurship
Development
FOUR PARTS OFHAWTHORNE
EXPERIMENTS
Part I-Illumination Experiments (1924-27)
Part II-Relay Assembly Test Room Study(1927-
1929)
Part III-Mass Interviewing Programme(1928-
1930)
Part IV-Bank Wiring Observation Room
Experiment(1932)
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AGRIPRENEURSHIP
According to Bahal(2008) agripreneurship is
defined as generally sustainable, community
oriented ,directly marketed agriculture. Simply
stated, agripreneurship means entreprenureship
in the field of agriculture.
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NEED FOR AGRIPRENEURSHIPDEVELOPMENT
Increasing demand for quality food and organic
both in India as well as abroad.
Meeting the food security demand of
malnourished section of population.
Supportive policies of government, NGOs and
financial agencies.
Willingness of the private sector to enter into
agribusiness at all the levels of operation.
Changing consumer demand.
Adequate scope for exporting agricultural
commodities in the era of globalization.
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SOME FACTS ABOUTINDIAN
AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY
India with arable land of 184 million hectares.
India produces 90 million tonnes of milk.(highest
in the world)
India produces 150 million tonnes of fruits and
vegetables.(second largest)
India has 485 million livestock population.
(largest)
India produces 6.3 million tonnes of fish(3rd
largest)
India has 489 million poultry and produces
45,200 million eggs.
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ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES
Production
1.Vegetable growing 8. Seed
Production
2. Fruit growing 9. Fishery
3. Nursery raising 10. Dairy Farming
4. Bee-keeping 11. Mushroom
production
5. Calf rearing 12. Rabbit rearing
6. Poultry farming 13. Piggery
7. Cut flower production 14. Goat and sheep
16.
PROCESSING
• Flour mills
•Baking products
• Paper mills
• Card board making
• Preservation & processing of fruit
&Vegetable
• Preparation of milk products
17.
• Seed oilextraction
• Sugar cane products making
• Dal processing units
• Grinding and packing
• Rope making
18.
AGRITOURISM AS AN
ENTRPRENEURIALVENTURE
An Agri-Tourism is farm based business that
is open to the public. These specialized Agri-
tourism destinations generally offer things to
see, things to do, to produce , to buy and are
open to the public.
19.
AGRI-TOURISM AND TRADITIONALTOURISM
• Pollution and noise free sites
• Low cost of food, accommodation, recreation and travel
• Satisfy the curiosity of urban peoples about sources of
food, plants, animals, and industrial agro-raw materials
• Information about the farming, rural handicrafts,
languages, culture, tradition, dresses and lifestyle
• Family environment
• Not only see and watch agriculture farms but also they
can participate
• Create awareness about rural life
• Opportunity for education through experience of farming
20.
SERVICES AND PRODUCTS
Agri –accomodation
Agri food services
Primary agri tourism
Direct sales
Agri sport
Agritainment
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REFERENCES
Cantillon ,Richard(1755).Essaisur la Du Commerce en Genral.London:
Gyles
Chole,R.R,Kapse and Deshmukh,P.R(2012).Entrepreneurship Development
and Communication Skills,scientific publisher New Delhi
Bahal,Ram 2008.Agripreneurship Development in India, In Dynamics of
Entrepreneurship development in Agriculture.Basics to advances. Ganga
Kaveri Publishing House.Varanasi
25.
If you don’tbuild your
dream, someone else
will hire you to help
them build theirs.
—
Dhirubhai Ambani