Entrepreneurial Perception and Intention of Agribusiness Management Undergraduates: A Case of Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna

Abstract

Unemployment rate of Sri Lankan graduates is 46% and it has become quite difficult task for the governments to find solution for the unemployed graduate crisis. At present the importance of entrepreneurship has increased since it has been identified that entrepreneurial activity is a means of coping with unemployment problem by providing new job opportunities. Therefore, the main Objective of this study is to assess the entrepreneurial perception and intention Agribusiness Management undergraduates. The sample was selected using purposive sampling technique and it Consisted of 100 Agribusiness Management undergraduates from the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, which is the only faculty that produces Agribusiness Management undergraduates in Sri Lanka.