Factors Affecting Entrepreneurship Development in Agribusiness, among Agricultural Graduates

Abstract

Agribusiness entrepreneurship has a significant role in the economy to foster the development of a country. Most countries have strong potential for the development of agribusiness entrepreneurship due to prevailing food insecurity issues and high unemployment rates. Also, agribusiness entrepreneurship is one of the newest areas of research and also it is identified that there is an issue among the graduates to join the field as Agribusiness management entrepreneurs. This study is tried to investigate the major factors associated with entrepreneurship development in Agribusiness globally and how these factors are linked with the Sri Lankan context. The main objective of this study is to identify the factors affecting entrepreneurship development in Agribusiness, among agricultural graduates. The study was carried out using secondary information and the research was conducted by reviewing literature including the recent research papers available. This study has identified the different research views on global agriculture, Agribusiness education and carrier opportunities in the agribusiness sector, factors affecting agricultural graduates to join as entrepreneurs in the agribusiness sector and challenges and issues they faced in the field. The findings of this study are significantly important for the policymakers to upgrade the Agribusiness education system which will yield the best results.