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Entrepreneurial Spirit of the Indian Farmer

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The paper highlights entrepreneurial skills of Indian farmers, informal channels of communications in the socio-cultural setting of the village, tacit knowledge and factors responsible for the adoption of floriculture in open field conditions. It illustrates that the diffusion of new technology in a farming community is dependent on culture-based communication and the tacit knowledge-driven entrepreneurial spirit of a few.

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  1. National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies, New Delhi, India, , , , , , IN

    Kavita Mehra

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Mehra, K. Entrepreneurial Spirit of the Indian Farmer . AI 16 , 112 –118 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00022685

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