An Agro-based Entrepreneurship Development Programme was organised at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, District Gulbarga, Karnataka, from 3-7 May 2010 in collaboration with the Bharatiya Agro Industries Foundation (BAIF), Institute for Rural Development, Karnataka (BIRD-K).
The major crops grown in the district are red gram, green gram, black gram, groundnut, sunflower, jowar and bajra during kharif and rabi jowar, Bengal gram, safflower, cotton, wheat, paddy during rabi. Since the pulses occupy the majority of the area in the district it is known as the ‘Pulse Bowl of Karnataka’.
As the farmers are facing many constraints in producing the crops profitably, there is a wide scope for generating awareness about scientific technology transfer for improving production and productivity.
A total of 34 farmers participated in the training programme. The training content typically incorporated the existing needs and problems of the farmers for making a positive impact in their production and profitability trends.

In Bihar, an Agro-based Entrepreneurship Development Programme for young farmers was organised in collaboration with Lok Kalyan Samiti, at the community training centre, Chakai, Jamui District, from 15-19 May 2010 with the support of people from youth groups, PRI members, academicians, social activists and local government officials.
The training included sharing information, motivating young farmers to adopt new methods and technologies in the field of agriculture. Chakai is a place where there is ample scope for farming but due to a lack of resources and right knowledge, the outcome is not visible. Moreover, this effort was not only a matter of congregating farmers of the locality but also enabling people from different streams of society to be involved and be aware of the role they should provide to society—to pursue a development process.

Jharkhand is one of the newlyformed states in the country. The requirements of fruits, vegetables, and flowers, medicinal and aromatic plants are met by the local production of the state and these items are even exported to the deficient areas.
Favourable agro-climatic conditions allow round-the-year production of different varieties and ‘off-season’ vegetables (such as brinjal, cabbage, cauliflower, ladyfinger, onion, pea, potato, pumpkin, mushroom, capsicum and green chilly) and fruits (mango, leechi, guava, banana, papaya, lemon, jackfruit, amla and others).
The state is blessed with vast resources for establishing food processing units including those of fruit and vegetable preservation, milk and meat preservation and for processing of minor forest produce.
The economic development of Jharkhand state will be possible only if agricultural and rural development takes place on a sustainable basis with capacity building being the focal point for the endeavour. The resources here are not utilised properly and the farmers lack knowledge and skills of modern farming. Taking these into account, Vishwa Yuvak Kendra organised an Agro-based Entrepreneurship Development Programme for young farmers in collaboration with Lok Kalyan Samiti from 16-20 May 2010 at Jasidih, Jharkhand.