Entrepreneurial Profile of Indian Dairy Farmers

Entrepreneurship is the dynamic process of creating incremental wealth, by individuals who take the major risks in terms of equity, time and career commitment for providing value to a product or service. Dairying has been practiced as a rural allied agricultural activity, in the remote past and is the most suitable production system that has enormous potential to improve the socio-economic status of the large percentage of the rural population. Thus, entrepreneurial development is one of the ways to make rural people more competent in dairying for quality milk production. In this context, it was felt necessary to determine the level of entrepreneurial behaviour among the dairy farmers. The book will throw light on the relationship of personal, economic and socio-psychological system factors associated with entrepreneurial behaviour of farmers. Also, the outcome of the study would help the extension functionaries to formulate suitable programmes and use appropriate methods to improve the entrepreneurial behaviour of farmers, thereby improving the quality of life of farmers and their socio-economic condition.