13-Title: Constraints perceived by the dairy entrepreneurs in dairy farming in Udaipur district

Authors: Vinay Kumar, Tikam C Goyal, Rohitash Kumar, Vipin Chandra and Deepak Gill

Source: Ruminant Science (2023)-12(1):75-80.

How to cite this manuscript: Kumar Vinay, Goyal Tikam C, Kumar Rohitash, Chandra Vipin and Gill Deepak (2023). Constraints perceived by the dairy entrepreneurs in dairy farming in Udaipur district. Ruminant Science 12(1):75-80.

Abstract

The present study was conducted on 120 respondents in Udaipur district of Rajasthan state. The results indicated that the level of constraints encountered by the dairy farmers as dairy entrepreneurs in six major domains viz. economic constraints, communication constraints, infrastructure constraints, technical constraints, socio-psychological and marketing constraints were found to be constraints perceived by the dairy farmers in the study area. Further, the study findings indicate that constraints perceived by dairy farmers with top rank in case of economic constraint were lack of credit facility to establish dairy unit, communication constraint was lack of cosmopolite orientation, infrastructure constraint was lack of training institutions in the area, technical constraint was lack of knowledge about milk products processing, socio-psychological constraint was unfriendly govt. policies to promote the enterprises and marketing constraint was found to exploitation by the middle man. In conclusion, it can be said that age, education, training, annual income and extension contacts are important in shaping the entrepreneurial behaviour of dairy farmers. Further, the desirable changes in entrepreneurial behaviour can be brought about by overcoming the economic, infrastructural, technical, socio-psychological and marketing-related constraints perceived by the dairy farmers in the study area.

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