Asian Journal of Dairy and Food Research

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  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 33
  • Issue: 2

Knowledge of dairy production technology among women dairy micro-entrepreneurs of Andhra Pradesh, India

Agricultural Information and Communication Center, ANGRAU Agricultural Research Institiute, R. Nagar, Hydarabad-500 030, India.

Abstract

A study was conducted to know the knowledge level of women dairy entrepreneurs in the state of Andhra Pradesh by selecting three districts (Visakhapatnam, West Godawari and Rangareddy) purposively. Among three districts, 18 villages were selected randomly. From the selected villages 120 dairy micro-enterprises were selected, from each enterprise the owner of the enterprise was selected as the respondent for the study. The present study observed that majority of the women entrepreneurs (40%) had low knowledge of dairy production technology followed by (34.2%)and medium (25.8%)knowledge.

Keywords

Knowledge, Enterprise, Women