A study on entrepreneurial behaviour of assam lemon (Citrus limon L. Burm.) growers in Tinsukia district of Assam

Assam lemon, locally known as ‘Kaji Nemu’ is one of the most widely grown high valued crops grown in Assam, particularly in the district of Tinsukia. In order to conduct the investigation, a total of 120 respondents were selected with the help of multi-staged sampling technique. A total of eight villages which were selected from two sub-divisions of the district. It was found that 66.70 per cent of the sampled Assam lemon growers had medium entrepreneurial behaviour, 17.50% of them were found to possess high and 15.83% of the growers had low entrepreneurial behaviour. The entrepreneurial behaviour was measured using seven dimensions. The investigation disclosed that the Assam lemon growers, out of the seven dimensions, respondents possessed high ‘Decision making ability’ (Rank I). Following statistical analysis namely, frequency, percentage, Entrepreneurial Behaviour Index, Entrepreneurial Behaviour Score and Weighted Mean Score was used to study the entrepreneurial behaviour of the Assam lemon growers.