Existing Status and Agribusiness Potential of Acacia catechu Based Entrepreneurship in Una and Kangra Districts of Himachal Pradesh, India

Abstract

The current research is focused on The existing status and agribusiness potential of Acacia catechu based entrepreneurship in Una and Kangra districts of Himachal Pradesh by using 25 entrepreneurs. In Una districts, there were 17 kattha (cutch) entrepreneurs, while in Kangra districts, there were 8 kattha entrepreneurs. There are a lot of kattha entrepreneurs in one district, which suggests that khair-based entrepreneurship has a lot of potential for the agro industry. 44% of business owners who responded to the survey believed that the earnings from kattha are promising, demonstrating the high potential of kattha production for generating money. However, there were several issues that the kattha entrepreneurs were dealing with, including the lack of highly skilled labour the high cost of raw locally materials, diverse government laws, the growth of large-scale enterprises, high capital requirements, distant markets, and the need for highly trained labour. Government should enact such laws that encourage local labour to participate in this kattha-based entrepreneurship and proper cutch management should be carried out at the manufacturing site.