http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/579 2026-05-15T14:20:39Z 2026-05-15T14:20:39Z Patel, Suryakant Bhanushali, Kishor http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/594 2016-07-22T14:13:56Z 2007-03-21T00:00:00Z

Agripreneurship Education and Development: Need of the Day Patel, Suryakant; Bhanushali, Kishor Large population of India is dependent on agriculture for their livelihood. But Indian agriculture is low productive are with large number of disguised unemployed. Present paper is an attempt to highlight the importance of developing entrepreneurship in the area of agriculture. Agripreneurship is solution to many economic problems like urbanization, poverty, unemployment and economic development. It helps in rural development. But development of entrepreneurship in the areas of agriculture requires special skills like human development, knowledge of agriculture, knowledge of global agriculture market.

2007-03-21T00:00:00Z Ramanathan, S http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/593 2016-07-27T11:52:15Z 2007-03-21T00:00:00Z

IT Enabled Services in Rural Agricultural Sector Ramanathan, S

2007-03-21T00:00:00Z Wijayawardana, K H R http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/592 2016-07-22T14:13:45Z 2007-03-21T00:00:00Z

Visitor Expectations and Stakeholder Involvements in Eco-Tourism Sites: Reference to the Four Designated Sites in Sri Lanka Wijayawardana, K H R Over the past few decades, tourism has become an outstanding source of foreign exchange in Sri Lanka. Opening up of new tourism markets in Asia made the tourism industry a highly competitive within the region. Recently, Sri Lanka has recognized the need of diversifying tourism markets and the need in developing eco-tourism sites in Sri Lanka as a strategy to attract tourists for unique ecological resources while generating income. In Sri Lanka, concept of Eco-tourism is being popularized and few sites have been identified to promote this concept. Sinharaja forest, Horton plain, Muthurajawela wetland and Retigala forest have been focused in this study to evaluate the present nature of utilization of resources to reach the green marketing perspective. A random sample of 200 visitors were interviewed at all four locations in this study during the period of three months. Beside visitors, site managers to a guides were interviewed through a questionnaire. Observations were also made to supplement the information gathered. The survey revealed that Germans and the British visitor’s accounts for the greater part of Eco-tourism market and bird watching and wild life viewing were the outstanding expectation at these sites. On the other hand, educational facilities and information provided were not up to the expectation. Locals too interested for more information and education apart from the leisure. The Sinharaja, a popular destination for nature lovers has not developed yet in a way to attract both foreigners as well as local tourists. Lodging facilities provided by the Department of Forest Conservation at Siharaja is inadequate to satisfy visitor demand for lodging. Providing opportunities to the community in the buffer zone of Sinharaja to provide food and lodging to tourists would enhance the trickledown effect of the money invested in this industry. However, efforts taken to control visitor damages and to provide tour guide services yet to be improved. Horton Plain is a location where visitors prefer to stay near the park reserve. However, inferior quality accommodation available at present has failed to retain visitors in particularly foreigners. Cafeteria service, resting facilities, toilet facilities are the most demanded needs, according to visitors. Since there is no inhabited area in the close proximity impact of the reserve as well as the impact of tourism on the community found to be negligible. Ritigala forest and archaeological reserve is another location where visitor facilities are ignored at present. Either Department of Wild Life Conservation or Department of Archaeology should take actions to provide basic needs such as drinking water, toilets and cafeteria facility by implementing a ticketing system at this site. Concept of eco-lodges for foreigners and dormitory type accommodations for locals in the buffer zone would satisfy the desires of visitors while furthering the community's involvement in sustainable development of tourism. Muthurajawela 'Marsh' found to be the only location where the concept of eco- tourism was satisfactorily adapted under the management of a voluntary organization which is interested to organize Eco-tourism activities. The level of conservation, community involvement, community benefits, stakeholder interactions, visitor facilities and provision of information are relatively developed at Muthurajawela than at other locations studied. In general, accommodation facilities existing in the buffer zones at all sites need to be improved. On the other hand, improving guiding and educational facilities need to receive greater attention of the officer in-chargers. The most crucial determinant of the future of all these sites is the strong links between key stakeholders and need to be improved. Even though concept is to draw the tourism benefits to the nearby community, except at the Muthurajawela wetland others are not in par with the principal objective of the concept.

2007-03-21T00:00:00Z Pal, Arun http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/591 2016-07-27T11:52:21Z 2007-03-21T00:00:00Z

Ecopreneurship and Rural Development Pal, Arun Rapid growth of industrialisation within the country is creating lot of demand on natural environmental resources, as our resources are limited only strategic uses of these resources can sustain our livelihood. Environmental management has become core business issue to minimize the amount of waste, reducing energy consumption and making efficient uses of resources. Flow of these resources like soil, minerals, water to economic activity for production and consumption, caused for environment pollution, associate in the flow of residuals. These threat of environment pollution are opening new opportunities for entrepreneur mainly in the field of preservation of natural resources. protection of bio sphere, ecological system of earth wise and efficient use of resources and energy, generating bio-diesel, methane farming and full use of solar energy etc. There is enormous opportunity for the growth of Rural Entrepreneurship in protection of land(soil) degradation through proper use of organic fertiliser, bio pesticide, plantation, watershed management. Provide safe drinking water, community sanitation, and health service. Proper use the waste of livestock for generation of bio-gas to substitute a fair share of LPG, Petrol, Kerosene etc. Plantation of neem, karanja, jatropha has two side effect protect soil degradation as well as production of bio fuel from seeds of these plant. Carbon Credit can be earn through social forestry, supply of green fuel, control of pollution, can be trading this credit in international market through exchange. Eco-tourism another prospect for rural Entrepreneurship. Pollution threat can be new avenue for ecopreneurship. We can say it green entrepreneurship, which has three effect protect environment, control pollution and create entrepreneurship and rural development.

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