Managerial Ability of the Members of Agnigarh Producer Company Limited in Sonitpur District of Assam with Reference to Commercial Litchi Production
Samar Thakuria *
Department of Agricultural Extension Education, School of Agricultural Sciences, Nagaland University, Medziphema, Nagaland, 797106, India.
Pabitra Kumar Das
Department of Extension Education, Biswanath College of Agriculture, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, 785013, Assam, India.
Nabanil Talukdar
Department of Agricultural Extension Education, School of Agricultural Sciences, Nagaland University, Medziphema, Nagaland, 797106, India.
Silevizo Seyie
Department of Agricultural Extension Education, School of Agricultural Sciences, Nagaland University, Medziphema, Nagaland, 797106, India.
Irshad Hussain
Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, 785013, Assam, India.
Diptasikha Thakuria
Department of Zoology, Bodoland University, Rangalikhata, Kokrajhar BTR, 783370, Assam, India.
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Abstract
Farmer Producer Company is a company formed by a group of farmers who are producers come together to form a company. The present investigation was conducted out with the objective to measure the managerial ability of the members of Agnigarh Producer Company Limited in Sonitpur district of Assam with reference to commercial litchi production. Agnigarh Producer Company Limited was selected purposively, as the Farmer Producer Company dealing with commercial litchi production was operating in this district. A sample of 80 respondents was chosen from 13 selected villages in Sonitpur district using a proportionate random sampling method. To assess the managerial ability of the FPC members, the Managerial Ability Scale created by Jadav (2005) was used. The findings of the study revealed that majority of the respondents (43.75%) belonged to middle aged category with higher secondary level of formal education (41.25%). Majority of respondents (41.25%) belonged to small size of operational land holdings category and (60.00%) had medium level of litchi yield index with medium level of farm mechanization (70.00%) and medium level of irrigated area under litchi cultivation (77.50%). Majority of them (80.00%) had medium level of farm wage payment related to litchi cultivation with (53.75%) of respondents had medium level of experience in litchi cultivation. Whereas (63.75%) of respondents had medium level of attitude towards modern agriculture with high level of training exposure (50.00%). The findings revealed that the majority of the respondents (61.25%) had medium level of managerial ability index.
Keywords: Farmer producer company (FPC), farmer producer organization (FPO), managerial ability, Tezpur litchi