Entrepreneurial behaviour of farm women towards dairy enterprise

A study was conducted by following ex-post facto research design and random sampling technique in Dindigul district of Tamil Nadu to know the level of entrepreneurial behaviour of women farmers in dairy enterprise. A sample of 120 women respondents comprising of 51 small, 45 medium and 24 large rural women farmers in dairying were selected by proportionate random sampling technique. Majority of the respondents possessed medium entrepreneurial behaviour followed by low and high level of entrepreneurial behaviour. The entrepreneurial behavior was significant at 1 per cent level withthe independent variable, educational status. The independent variables like material possession, management orientation and value orientation were significantly correlated with entrepreneurial behaviour at 5 per cent level.