Entrepreneurial Behavior of Men and Women Dairy Cooperative Members in Milkipur Block of Faizabad, District: A Gender Perspective

Abstract

India is a developing country. Agriculture and livestock husbandry plays crucial role in Indian rural economy. Women play a significant role in Agriculture and allied sector like dairy development etc. and stable own entrepreneurs, dairy cooperative society also working to improve dairy enterprises and improve socio economic condition of the dairy farmers. Study entrepreneurial behavior of men and women dairy cooperative members in purposively selected Milkipur block of Faizabad District in Uttar Pradesh, India. For the purpose multistage sample and single random sampling designs were applied and 100 dairy cooperative members (50 men and 50 women) were interviewed with the help of structured and pre-tested interview schedule. Ten entrepreneurial attributes were studied and its relationship with income generated through dairy husbandry was also confuted. The study revealed that majority of the dairy cooperative members were found belong to medium category of their innovativeness, decision making, achievement motivation, knowledge level, information seeking, risk taking ability and leadership ability. Whereas, majority of them had high level of ability to coordinate dairy farm activity and Cosmopoliteness but low level of assistance for dairy management services. Also, innovativeness, information seeking, leadership ability and cosmopoliteness of dairy farms were found positively and scientifically (p<0.05) related with income. Moreover, decision making ability and over all entrepreneurship behavior was found positively and highly correlated (p<0.01) with income through dairy farming. It indicates that entrepreneurial characteristics play significant role in improving income and socio-economic status of dairy farmers.