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A study on attitude of rural youth regarding participation in agricultural activities of Patan block of Jabalpur district (M.P.)

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Title A study on attitude of rural youth regarding participation in agricultural activities of Patan block of Jabalpur district (M.P.)
 
Creator Jayapuria, Debasis
 
Contributor Khare, N.K.
 
Subject storage structures, manpower, retail marketing, biological phenomena, sampling, economics, environment, research methods, selection, polymers
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Description According to population census 2011, India had total youth population of 325.2 millions, which is 35% of the total population. Out of this, about 70% were rural youth and remaining 30% were urban youth. As majority of the youth comes from rural areas, they are considered as the nation builders of tomorrow. This important section of the rural population can respond to the needs of country only if they are offered fruitful opportunities for growing up as useful citizens.

With a growing world population and a decreasing agricultural productivity in combination with a rural exodus, India is losing more than
2000 farmers every single day and that since 1991, the overall number of farmers has dropped by 15 million (Sainath, 2013). This has several implications for the future of Indian agriculture and India’s food security. Rural youth can play an important role in ensuring food security if they are encouraged to involve in farming and the challenges they face are addressed. Over the past few years, rural youth have been shying away from agriculture and globally there is an increasing interest in finding ways of engaging youth in agriculture (IFAD, 2012; Paisley, 2013). Currently, there is a challenge of retaining youngsters in agriculture due to various socio-economic factors, including profitability in agricultural pursuits. It has become imminent to reorient agricultural practices to make them intellectually satisfying and economically rewarding for the youth. Nearly
70% of India's population is below the age of 35 years making India the youngest nation in the world and interestingly 70% of them live in rural areas. In 2020, the average Indian will be only 29-years-old, whereas in China and the United States of America the average age is estimated to be
37 years. We may utilize this demographic dividend for taking Indian agriculture to new heights by channelizing the creative energies of the youth through development of skills, knowledge and attitudes. The study was taken as Jabalpur district, Patan block revealed that maximum of rural youth had favourable attitude regarding participation in agricultural activities. Though youth have desirable qualities that can promote agriculture, most of them have strong apathy toward it.

The age, caste, type of family, size of family, education, marital status, farming experience, involvement in decision making, social participation, annual income, cosmopoliteness, contact with extension agent, source of information, economic motivation, scientific motivation and risk preference had significant association with attitude of rural youth regarding participation in agriculture only size of land holding found to be non significant.

This study revealed that various constraints were found among the rural youth. So, categorizations were made i.e. in social constraints, participation in other social activities and lack of inclination towards traditional job considered to be the major social constraints. Similarly, in psychological and technical constraints, lack of patience and lack of appropriate technology and its use considered to be the major one. Further in economical, extension related and other constraints, price fluctuation, untimely reaching of message and migration of rural youth considered as major constraints.

As per suggestions are concerned categorization were made i.e. in technical and economical suggestions, special concerns should be taken on climate change and prices of crops should be change according to the farmers’ convenience considered to be the most frequent suggestion given by the respondents. Similarly in case of extension related and psychological suggestions, Scientists should visit the farm and solve problems with proper demonstrations and be motivated for innovation in agriculture considered to be the major suggestions to be concerned. Finally in other and social suggestions, timely diffusion of adoption process for enhancing agriculture and seniors should guide rural youth emerged as the major suggestions replied by the respondents.
 
Date 2016-06-23T10:29:35Z
2016-06-23T10:29:35Z
2015
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/67803
 
Language en
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher JNKVV