UNCOVERING RESEARCH PATTERNS IN AGRIPRENEURSHIP: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS

Agripreneurship refers to the integration of entrepreneurial activities with agriculture and allied sectors. It is a strategic movement to eradicate poverty and unemployment prevailing in a nation. And thereby contribute to sustainable agricultural transformation and rural development. Though agripreneurship has gained scholarly attention, the literature remains fragmented across disciplines and regions. The present study aims to provide a bibliometric view of agripreneurship from 1992 to 2026. The data for analysis is collected from Scopus database. A total of 426 articles gathered from scopus database is considered for the study. Bibliometric analysis including publication trends, relevant authors, influential articles, pioneering journals, major contributing nations were performed using biblioshiny and VOS viewer. The study found that there is a rapid growth in research output after 2016 with moderate international engagement and more collaborative authorship. India, China and United States are the major contributed countries on agripreneurship research. Keyword co-occurrence and item density map identified major themes as entrepreneurship, agripreneurship, agribusiness, sustainable development, rural development and food security. The study concludes that agripreneurship is an emerging yet increasingly consolidated research domain with strong development orientation and significant scope for future interdisciplinary expansion.