AGRIPRENEURSHIP FOR ALTERNATIVE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES - A PERTINENT ANSWER FOR TODAY'S YOUTH


Sangya Ranjan
Associate professor , Satyawati College Evening
Abstract
Agripreneurship refers to entrepreneurship in agriculture. Entrepreneurship is a concept that encompasses transforming an idea or vision into a “new business or new venture creation, or the expansion of an existing business, by an individual, a team of individuals, or an established business”. In economics, alternative employment arrangements are categorized in four types of alternative employment arrangements: independent contractors, on-call workers, temporary help agency workers, and workers provided by contract firms. Youth is the Future of every nation & inheritors of the earth tomorrow. This statement stands true in every sense. When a country has a healthy youth population, you will find the country making headway in terms of overall development and progress. A country with high aging population and lower youth population has a lot of problems to content with that can slow its growth. Youth of this country would be the back bone of success of agripreneurship. There is no significant difference in the level of information of youth on agripreneurship based on gender. There is no significant difference in the challenges faced by youth on agripreneurship based on gender. youth are having awareness about agripreneurship and its various innovations and they are having a positive perception towards its possibilities. Sanjay Kafle, founder and vice president of Youth for Agri Welfare, a youth organization that promotes agriculture among youths and farmers. Agripreneurship Development Programmes for Graduates is striding towards Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan. ‘Agripreneurs’ are regarded as the new breed of businessmen or entrepreneurs who can drive change through innovations, they can easily adapt to constant dynamics of markets and the farm enterprise. With this is the assurance of profitability, sustainability and competitiveness of the various agricultural industries as wide-scale high value crop/livestock production, juxtapose with food processing and other value-adding ventures. Digital technology has created enabling techniques that have helped in improving data and information gathering in all works of life, ranging from businesses, schools, security, media, medicine, and most recently agriculture. For instance, the recent coronavirus pandemic has struck a huge blow to the agricultural sector as the cost of agricultural produce, commodities and services rose to a very unbelievable extent. However, in curbing these shortcomings, digital agriculture can be adopted.
Keywords: agripreneurship, employment, youth, population, sector, agriculture, research
Journal Name :
EPRA International Journal of Agriculture and Rural Economic Research (ARER)

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Published on : 2021-08-20

Vol : 9
Issue : 8
Month : August
Year : 2021
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