Rural Non-Farm Sectors and Innovative Traits -A Micro Level Study
- Country : India
- Subject : Entrepreneurship
Keywords : Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Innovative Traits, Rural Non-farm Sectors
Abstract
Entrepreneurship and innovation can be considered as virtually synonymous. Out of necessity a large number of rural poor choose non-farm sectors. They have less ability to take the risks related with the huge scale venture which could make a real effect on the rural population. There are a few, who are comparatively less poor, have chance to pursue some profitable venture. From theoretical development point of view we need to take into account that rural development theories and perspectives on innovation which have focused more on agriculture. It should also be noted that the guiding principle of rural development and innovations are urbanization, to be specific, innovations in the areas of industries and service sector activities are considered important. In this regard some similarities could be drawn between entrepreneurial and innovation theories. They too focus on urban entrepreneurship and innovation from urban entrepreneurial perspectives. This paper attempts to understand the innovative traits prevailing among the rural non-farm sectors (rural entrepreneurship). In order to understand the kind of innovation prevailing among the rural non-farm sectors a micro study is made in two taluks, namely Devanahalli and Doddaballapura taluks of Bangalore Rural district. Data for the study are collected from 20 rural entrepreneurs and analyzed using simple analytical tools. The paper concludes that innovativeness prevailing among rural non-farm sectors is fundamentally different from the ideal picture of innovation. As per observation in the field survey it found that innovation for rural non-farm sectors are grounded on a number of aspects such as urban connectivity, investment capacity of entrepreneurs, customers’ demand, socio-economic background of entrepreneurs and customers and infrastructure like storage and transportation. Basic intention of rural non- farm sector is to survive. If we ready to accept all those activities they take to survive as innovation then we can safely conclude that there are plenty of innovative practices. If we confine our definition of innovation to the ideal kind we can hardly find any innovative rural entrepreneurs.
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