Entrepreneurial Behavior of Dairy Farmers about Dairy Management Practices

Dairy entrepreneur is the most important figure of economic activity and prime mover of development. The present study was conducted in surrounding area Gwalior city of Madhya Pradesh. A list of farmers who are practicing dairy and possessing minimum 5 dairy animals was prepared. From this list 200 dairy farmers were selected by random sampling method. The study revealed that majority 65.5 percent respondents had medium level of entrepreneurial behaviour about dairy management practices. The entrepreneurial behavior was positively and significantly related with education, dairy experience, land holding, livestock possession, occupation, annual income, material possession, extension contact, economic motivation, market orientation, scientific orientation, attitude of dairy farmers towards dairy farming and knowledge of improved dairy management practices found to have positive and significant relationship with entrepreneurial behavior. Coefficient of determination R² was 0.977 which indicates that 97.00 percent variation in the entrepreneurial behavior of dairy farmers was explained by sixteen independent variables which were selected for study.