The yield behavior of tuberose (Polianthes tuberose): The socioecological and entrepreneurial interpretation

Tuberose cultivation and its entrepreneurial pursuits have been offering both economic and ecological prospect in West Bengal since long. Village Panchkahaniya of Nadia District has traditionally been the area for tuberose cultivation which provides both ecological and economic sustenance to the dwelling villagers in and around places. The present study focuses on both the operational and managerial aspects of the enterprise in terms of a score of socio-ecological variables. A count of 70 farmers, selected through multistage random sampling process, has been interrogated as sample respondents. The variables viz. area under tuberose, cost of tuberose cultivation, loan access has been found significantly impacted on the yield of tuberose. The variables viz. education, area under tuberose has recorded the significant functional contribution on yield of tuberose as evinced through stepwise regression analysis. The following factors have been isolated out of 12 exogenous variables based on respective factor loading and Eigen value viz peripheral ecology, farm economy, capacity building, family farming. The empirical study rightly offers huge scope for micro-level policy and management strategy as well.