A Study in Rural Areas of Southern Karnataka Districts in Dairy Farming Challenges Faced by the Entrepreneurs

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to shed light on the challenges faced by the current dairy farming entrepreneurs. The study aimed to identify the establishing and operational challenges of dairy farming entrepreneurs. Irrespective of age, gender, financial background, formal education, and experience, people will enter dairy farming. For everyone who is willing to start their farm and who is running their dairy farming, the current study will help them to identify the possible threats to the business. The main purpose is to give a prepared mindset for the potential entrepreneurs to be ready with their strategies to overcome these challenges. The study collected the available research articles on dairy farming. A structured questionnaire was administered and collected the data. Two hundred twenty-eight dairy farmers were taken as the sample, and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was used to identify the factors with the help of SPSS. The study identified that the land and labor issues are the biggest challenges for dairy farming.