Knowledge of Agriculture Students towards Entrepreneurship in Odisha of India

Generating entrepreneurial knowledge among students is a way to solve the problem of food and job security in India. Therefore, the present study was undertaken in agriculture colleges of Odisha to explore and improve their entrepreneurial knowledge. The respondents were final-year students in their B.Sc. (Agriculture) undergraduate course. The data were collected through a pretested survey questionnaire. After analysis of the collected, it was found that the majority (62.04%) of the respondents had a medium level of entrepreneurial knowledge. Among various components of entrepreneurial knowledge, the respondents had more knowledge of legal requirements and marketing than credit and finance and technological adaptation. The analysis showed significant positive correlations between entrepreneurial knowledge and attributes like Economic, Social, and Scientific Aptitude, Decision-Making, Leadership, and Information Access, with Leadership Ability being the most influential. In contrast, Family Type and Higher Land Holding had significant negative correlations with infrastructure and legal knowledge, suggesting that students from joint families or with larger landholdings had slightly lower exposure to these entrepreneurial resources. This highlights the importance of individual skills and suggests that family structure and landholding background can also impact entrepreneurial competency.