SWOC analysis of student ready programme (SRP) in state Agricultural Universities of South India

P. VAISHNAVI; D. A. NITHYA SHREE; SUNIL V. HALAKATTI; VILAS S. KULKARNI; K.V. ASHALATHA

doi:10.61475/JFS.2025.v38i3.20

P. VAISHNAVI Department of Agricultural Extension Education, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad - 580 005, India
D. A. NITHYA SHREE Department of Agricultural Extension Education, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad - 580 005, India
SUNIL V. HALAKATTI Department of Agricultural Extension Education, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad - 580 005, India
VILAS S. KULKARNI Department of Agricultural Extension Education, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad - 580 005, India
K.V. ASHALATHA Department of Statistics, College of Agriculture, Dharwad University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad - 580 005, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.61475/JFS.2025.v38i3.20

Keywords: Agriculture graduates, Internal and external factors, Effectiveness, Student READY Programme, SWOC

Abstract

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) recommended Student Rural Entrepreneurship Awareness Development Yojana (READY) programme. This program aims to equip final-year undergraduates with the necessary skills and knowledge to become successful entrepreneurs in the agricultural sector. With this background, the study was toevaluate the programme effectiveness and identify areas for improvement; a SWOC analysis has been conducted. Thepresent study was conducted in seven State Agricultural Universities (SAUs) of South India and from each university oneagriculture college was selected. From each agriculture college two categories of respondent’s viz., students and staff wereselected. 50 students who had passed out in the year of 2022 were selected randomly for the research. In case of staff, 20from each college who monitored the programme were selected as respondents for the study. Thus, the total sample size forthe study was 350 students and 140 staff. The data was collected from the respondents through Google form as well aspersonal interview method with structured and pre-tested interview schedule. The results revealed that major strengths ofSRP were students will have practical experience (98.16) followed by strengthen the existing skills of the students (98.06). The major weaknesses of SRP were period of village attachment does not match with cropping season (87.76) followed byless amount of stipend from the ICAR / State institutions (87.04). The major opportunities of SRP were improves thetechnical and management skills (96.43) followed by exposure to various enterprises (96.12). The major challenges of SRPwere time & availability of farmers is difficult (84.59) followed by lack of technical guidance and prior training onenterprises (83.06).