Entrepreneurial behaviour of betel farmers In Manmunai South and Eruvil Pattu divisional secretariat Division of Batticaloa district

Abstract

A study was carried out to find out the entrepreneurial behaviour of betel farmers in Manmunai South and Eruvil Pattu Divisional Secretariat division of Batticaloa district. By following random sampling procedure 80 betel farmers were selected and structured interview schedule was used to collect the information through personal interview. Data were analyzed by using SPSS package. The personal and socio-economic characteristics of betel farmers revealed that majority (86.2%) of betel farmers were male with the family size of 1 – 6 members, more than half of betel farmers (53.8%) belonged to old age category, 58.9% of betel farmers were educated up to secondary level of education and 53.8% of the farmers were depended mainly on betel cultivation. Majority (82.5%) of respondents obtained low income (below Rs. 20,000) from betel cultivation and 47.5% of them had more than 20 years of experience in betel cultivation. The study also concluded that 36.2% of the betel farmers belonged to low and 35% of the betel farmers belonged to medium entrepreneurial behaviour category. A positive and significant relationship was observed between entrepreneurial behaviour of betel farmers and their personal and socio-economic characteristics such as family size, size of land holding, total monthly income and education of betel farmer.