ATTITUDE OF FARM WOMEN TOWARD DAIRY ENTREPRENEURSHIP

In Amreli district of Saurashtra region, the present study was design to look into attitude of farm women toward dairy entrepreneurship. A list of farm women of Amreli districts was obtained from Amreli district co-operative Amar dairy. Out of this list, three talukas; Amreli, Kunkavav and Babra were purposively selected where more number of farm women engaged in livestock management practices. Five villages from selected talukas were selected at random constituting the total sample size of 150. Ex-post-facto research design was used in the present investigation. Study revealed that major constraints perceived by respondents were, lack of Entrepreneurial skills and ranked at first position followed by lack of start-up capital; lack of proper advice and guidance; non-availability of daily wage, laborers during cropping season; non availability of veterinary Service; high cost of quality concentrate feeds; high cost of labour.