STUDY ON ASPIRATIONS AND PARTICIPATION OF RURAL YOUTH PRACTISING AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED ACTIVITIES
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2013-09-15
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University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Bangalore
Abstract
The present study was carried out during 2012-13 in Bellary
and Koppal districts of Karnataka. A total of 120 respondents were
selected by random sampling from 10 villages and data was collected
by personal interview method. The results of the study revealed that, a
larger number of rural youth studied up to PUC (31.66 %), had
medium sized land holding (45.84 %), medium annual income (45.50
%), and nuclear family (65.83 %). Most of the farm youth had medium
cosmopoliteness (67.50 %), extension contact (45.00 %), extension
participation (46.66 %) and risk orientation (37.50 %). A good number
(42.50 %) of rural youth had high level of mass media utilization and
innovativeness (40.00 %).Nearly one-third (36.67 %) of rural youth
had high level of aspirations in agriculture, followed by sericulture
(40.00 %), horticulture (43.75 %) and medium level of aspirations in
dairy (47.05 %). A good number (40.00%) of rural youth had high
participation in agriculture followed by dairy (45.45%) and medium
participation in horticulture (40.00 %) and sericulture (40.00%).
Scarcity of labour (74.16%), inadequate and untimely supply of
fertilizers and plant protection chemicals (69.16%), lack of required
finance and untimely availability of credits/subsidies (67.50%) were
the important problems. Supply of power to irrigation pumps at least
for 12 hours (72.50 %), timely supply of fertilizers and plant protection
chemicals (66.66%) and timely supply of seeds/ planting
material/breeds/species (64.16%) were the suggestions expressed by
the rural youth to overcome these problems in agriculture and allied
activities.
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