http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/7877 2026-05-15T15:01:03Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/8137 Usage of Smart Farming for Addressing Agricultural Problems: An Exploratory Study K S, Havyas; Ganesh, P Glut and less arrivals of the agricultural produce (supply-demand mismatch) is directly leading to agricultural price fluctuations. Prices of most of the daily consumed perishable commodities go very high in some season and dips very low in other season, directly impacting farmers and consumers in either situation. Due to the observed effect of price fluctuations and agricultural market instability along with its impact on small and medium scale farmer’s development in India, this paper attempts to suggest ways of how farmers can improve their agricultural yield in order to sustain their income and also get a better lifestyle by use of appropriate technological innovation in agriculture like farm sensors, artificial intelligence, and drones. This also supports government in all the decision making process. Development of farm-specific, data-driven diagnostics to determine crop yield and crop health has come up as a big opportunity area. Start-ups are leveraging drone and tractor-based IOT (Internet of Things) applications to get data (both on weather and agricultural parameters) on field to determine risks. Increasing smart phone penetration will enable precise decision making in farming activities, helping farmers to derive increased productivity and revenue while reducing unit costs. This includes improvements to help farmers in timely and accurate estimation of sowing and harvesting in sync with consumer demand patterns. Such linkages operate at the critical points of supply chain: Input, Process and Output areas. These models aim to link producers to remunerative sourcing agencies for procurement and to profitable buyers for output sale and government can take better decision to provide right kind of schemes and compensations to the farmers. This concept paper proposes software controlled integrated agricultural produce management. Thirteenth Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship/ Edited by Sasi Misra, Sunil Shukla, Ganapathi Batthini 2019-02-22T00:00:00Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/8136 Transformation in Ecotourism Landscape: From Go-Green Farms to Eco-Green Lodges Joshi, Swara The state of Gujarat in its tourism policy (2015-2020) has mentioned “that the tourism in Gujarat emphasis on improving livelihood linkages and providing increasing investment opportunities by promoting tourism entrepreneurship”. The attempt was thought to be important as to encourage the local people for selfemployment by acquiring skills of hospitality and entrepreneurship. In this paper, I examine in what ways the livelihood (socioeconomic changes) of local communities in Sasan Gir is getting affected as they take part in tourism entrepreneurship encouraged by the state agencies. I discuss findings from the villages around Gir National Park and Sanctuary and providing case study on Bhojde- a village heavily dependent on tourism. The investigation finds answers to the questions like why there is rising entrepreneurial tendency among the local farmers to change the traditional profession of farming and a desire to become an hotelier, in what problems entrepreneurs are stuck in and why, who benefits, who are the different stakeholders involved, and which are the political and bureaucratic agencies involved? The reason behind calling the home stays activity in the beginning as entrepreneurial and legal and then after two years bracketing it as illegal, is also questionable. Thirteenth Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship/ Edited by Sasi Misra, Sunil Shukla, Ganapathi Batthini 2019-02-22T00:00:00Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/8135 Green Entrepreneurship as New Business Opportunity for Youth and their Attitude towards Green Entrepreneurship Kodali, Pragathi; Sailaja, N In the present advance trends of world the consumers are well equipped and educated with all sort of information. Especially in the environment of growing population where the resources are continuously drained to meet needs. As a result the people became more concerned about their selection of products .i.e. opting of less harmful products, low carbon orientation etc. So it started to grow increasingly as a new business opportunity and strategy. So the main intention to take up this paper is to understand how the green entrepreneurship is prevailing in India and how it is been actively chosen by the young entrepreneurs and further to determine the role of government in encouraging the green entrepreneurs. Hence the present paper sheds light on attitudes and characteristics, innovations among the entrepreneurs who involved in green trends as their business, youth opinion about green entrepreneurship and government support Thirteenth Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship/ Edited by Sasi Misra, Sunil Shukla, Ganapathi Batthini 2019-02-22T00:00:00Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/8134 Green Entrepreneurship and Solar Energy in India: Progress, Prospect and Challenges Pradhan, Sanjay Kumar The climate change and the use of fossil fuels have induced the need for a green and renewable energy like solar energy. Accordingly the government of India has set the target of achieving 100GW solar capacity by the financial year 2021-22 and the government has proposed to achieve 1, 00,000 MW of solar energy by the end of 2019. To achieve this target and manage these objectives, it is crucial to focus on the qualified and skilled manpower resources in the solar energy sector in India. Realizing the pressing needs and immediate requirements, the Indian government has introduced several projects and schemes for the enhancement of skill and training for the entrepreneurs. Being, environment-friendly, pollution-free and green energy, both the Union government and state governments have started to allocate funds through various ways such as startups to promote entrepreneurship. Significantly, India’s promising solar energy resources, which is 5,000 trillion kWh per year, is pivotal for getting the energy of 4-7 kWh per Sq. m per day. Hence, there is a bright prospect for entrepreneurship in various areas like solar thermal, solar photovoltaic and solar rooftop. Hence the starting of solar entrepreneurship poses lucrative opportunity for entrepreneurship. Yet, there are some constraints due to lack of trained and skilled entrepreneur, lack of awareness in using advanced technology and products, and how to start solar energy business and entrepreneurship.Looking into all these perspectives, the paper will analyse the scope for investment and green entrepreneurship in the solar energy sector in India; entrepreneurs in the solar energy sector; government policies & progress; challenges in the entrepreneurship process, and prospect. Thirteenth Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship/ Edited by Sasi Misra, Sunil Shukla, Ganapathi Batthini 2019-02-22T00:00:00Z