Entrepreneurial behavior of rural women farmers in dairying: a multidimensional analysis

摘要

Thisstudywasconductedbyfollowingex-postfactoresearchdesignandrandomsamplingtechniqueinChittoordistrictofAndhraPradesh.Atotalof120respondentscomprisingof61small,35mediumand24largeruralwomenfarmersindairyingwereselectedbyproportionaterandomsamplingtechnique.Theresultsrevealedthatmajorityofthedairywomenfarmerspossessedmediumentrepreneurialbehaviorandvariationamongthethreecategoriesoftherespondentswasfoundtobesignificant(P0.01).Entrepreneurialbehaviorwaspositivelyandsignificantlyrelatedwithlandholding(P0.01),materialpossession(P0.01),managementorientation(P0.01),valueorientation(P0.01),incomefromdairyfarming(P0.01),education(P0.05)andinnovativeness(P0.05).Mostofthevariationinentrepreneurialbehaviorwasexplainedbythevariablesnamelydairyfarmingexperience,socialparticipation,trainingreceivedandincomefromdairyfarming.