AN ANALYSIS OF VEGETABLE SEED PRODUCTION IN KOPPAL DISTRICT of KARNATAKA

Abstract

newline The present study was conducted in North-Eastern Karnataka during 2020-21 with newlineobjectives of to understand the characteristics and functioning of seed production system, newlineperception and entrepreneurial behaviour of vegetable seed growers, economics and resource newlineuse efficiency of vegetable seed crops and also to know the push and pull factors influencing newlinethe vegetable seed production with sample size of 180 who were involved in vegetable seed newlineproduction from past three years. Ex post facto research design was used for the study.Public newlinesector involvement is most widespread in the production and processing of seed for highvolume self-pollinated crops. Private sector is far more extensively involved in hybrid seed newlineproduction and processing than it is in varietal development. In India, while all public sector newlinevarieties are certified compulsory while this process is voluntary for private varieties.Nearly newlineeighty per cent of the seed growers (79.45 %) belonged to high level of perception. Nearly newlinefifty per cent (49.44 %) of the growers belonged to high entrepreneurial behaviour newlinecategory.The returns per rupee of expenditure (Rs.3.64) and R2 newlinevalue (0.84) was found to be newlinehighest in chilli among all the vegetable crops. Majority (87.77%) of the seed growers newlinesuggested that proper in field trainings must be imparted before seed production. The above newlineresults concluded that vegetable seed production was profit oriented agribusiness even with newlinesmall land holdings and having good set of skills and knowledge. newlineKeywords: Vegetable, Seed production, Perception, Entrepreneurial behaviour and Resource newlineuse efficiency.