Constraints faced by dairy farm women in managing their dairy enterprise in Uttarakhand

Abstract

The present study was conducted in Nainital district of Uttarakhand to analyze the constraints perceived by the dairy farm women while managing the dairy enterprise. Total 120 respondents were selected from five villages of Haldwani block that have maximum milk production. Regarding infrastructural constraints, 90 per cent farm women had lack of improved equipments and 72.5 per cent had low average milk yield of the milch animals. In economic constraints, nearly eighty per cent expressed low price of milk offered and 74 per cent faced high cost of cross-bred cow. As regards to marketing constraints, 65.83 per cent had irregular sale of milk and 70.83 per cent had less knowledge about marketing techniques. In technical constraints, majority i.e. 82.5 per cent farm women had lack of technical guidance and 98.33 per cent expressed lack of training facilities in dairy sector while 91.67 per cent farm women expressed inadequate information about government schemes related to dairy sector.