Performance Analysis of Self Help Groups on Farm Entrepreneurship in Thiruvananthapuram District of Kerala
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https://doi.org/10.26725/JEE.2016.1.28.5598-5602Abstract
The present study aims to analyse the performance of the SHGs involved in farm entrepreneurship in terms of managerial efficiency, sustainability and entrepreneurial behaviour  of SHGs. Ninety  respondents were selected randomly from three men and women SHGs involved in fruit and vegetable cultivation from six different blocks of Kerala through purposive and simple random sampling. A well-structured interview schedule was used for data collection from the respondents. Managerial efficiency and entrepreneurial behaviour was measured using the procedure developed by Sreedaya (2000) and Kumar (2007) respectively and sustainability was measured using the procedure developed by the researcher for the study. The results were analysed with the help of different statistical tools like mean, frequency, percentage and ANOVA. The result revealed that majority of the men and women respondents had medium level of managerial efficiency, sustainability and entrepreneurial behaviour. It was also revealed that there was no significant difference between men and women SHGs in terms of managerial efficiency and sustainability but they differ only in terms of entrepreneurial behavior.
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