Intricacies Perceived By Farmwomen in Undertaking Agri-Business Activities

Present exploratory investigation was conducted to explore the perceived intricacies of farm women aspiring to undertake agribusiness activities. The study was conducted in randomly selected three villages from Bhiwani district of Haryana state on a sample of 240 farmwomen respondents who were willing to undertake agri- business activities like mushroom cultivation, dairy farming, beekeeping and vermicomposting It was found that among the various intricacies perceived by the farmwomen in undertaking agri- business activities lack of training and opportunities, lack of support and counseling economic incredibility being women and lack of risk orientation were the major ones. The most commonly perceived intricacies were social in nature followed by educational and personal intricacies.