Agri-entrepreneurial Innovations Impacting Livelihood Security in Indo-Gangetic Plains: Case Studies of Innovative Farmers from Uttar Pradesh and Haryana

Agricultural development in India is in a mystifying situation while talking about the financial benefits it offers to the farmers in the context of reducing resource bases. However, there are farmers who, through tireless efforts and inventiveness, have made significant contributions to the economic uplift of their livelihoods as well as the food security of others. Because of the magnitude of its contributions to the nation’s economic and social development, agriculture is referred to as an entrepreneurship entity. This study attempted to understand farmers’ complex entrepreneurial behaviour and traits in a real-life context through a naturalistic design. According to the findings of the study, the entrepreneurial traits that aided the farmers in remaining innovative and adaptable in their field of work are scientific orientation, inquisitive nature, calculated risk-taking, critical thinking, adaptive mindset toward innovations, and so on.