A Study On Problems Faced By Women Entrepreneurs Of Dairy Business In Cuddalore District

Abstract

Women are one of the integral parts of the society. No development, it may be economic or social or political can be achieved without women empowerment. Empowering women both socially and economically is very essential for the nation. The government also has realized this and empowering women economically will automatically empower them socially. For this purpose the government has quota system for women in employments in government sectors. But only through providing employment, women cannot be empowered. Hence the government encourage women to become entrepreneur. For this purpose the government directly and through financial institutions provide financial assistance for establishing business. The researchers aimed in this research work to analyse problems faced by women entrepreneurs in Cuddalore district. For this purpose the researcher selected Cuddalore district in the state of Tamilnadu. The researcher selected a total of 450 micro and small women entrepreneurs who were doing dairy business in the study area using convenient sampling method. The researchers framed a well-structured questionnaire to collect primary data from the respondents and data were collected and analysed using appropriate statistical tools such as simple percentage, mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation and One-way ANOVA. The study found that “Maintenances of cattle” was the major problems faced by the respondents followed by, “Investment problem”, “High production of male calves” and “Rainy season problems”.