A study of opportunities extended to dairy women entrepreneurs under women's dairy development scheme

Dairying is an important livelihood option for small and marginal farmers and landless families as it can be managed by utilizing family labour as well as available crop residue. Moreover, it provides regular income and nutrition to their families. Women play a key role in managing dairy enterprise. Majority of the dairy entrepreneurs had received entrepreneurial training and they found it necessary for running the enterprise. A high percentage of dairy entrepreneurs were getting adequate support from institution. Main marketing facilities as revealed by the dairy entrepreneurs were formation of milk cooperatives and removal of middle man, thereby, enabling the dairy entrepreneurs to directly sell their produce to the cooperative.