Entrepreneurial Behavior of Grape Growers in District Ganderbal (J&K)

The present research was carried out in district Ganderbal of Jammu and Kashmir to study the entrepreneurial behavior of grape growers. . By using proportionate allocation method, a sample of 120 grape growers was taken for collecting the primary data with the aid of an interview schedule. Data derived from the interviewees of the sampled growers was examined using competent statistical procedures. Most (73%) of the respondents showed medium, high (15%) and low (12%) entrepreneurial behavior. In order of ranking the constraints were reported as, most 85% of the growers reported that no bowers were provided to them’, 75.83% percent of the growers indicated the small fruit size of the berries’, 61.66% reported the irregular rains’, 35% indicated onset of diseases’, 29.16% indicated fluctuation of market prices, 19.16% reported distant markets’ and 15% indicated no net availability’.