A COMPARATIVE PROFILE ANALYSIS OF RURAL YOUTH IN RAINFED AND IRRIGATED TRACTS OF BAGALKOT DISTRICT
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2007-08-29
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University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Banglore
Abstract
Youlh arc the most potent segment of the population of the country. The youth of today are
the hopes of tomorrow. They are the backbone of the country. The Socio-economic development
and prosperity of rural areas depends to a considerable extent, on the type of youth living in rural
areas, because the rural youth have abilities to orient themselves to go along the main stream of the
development process. Hence, the study was conducted in Bagalkot during 2005-06. Two taluks
were selected namely Badanii (rainfed) and Jamakhandi (irrigated) from which eight villages were
selected by random sampling method, from these villages, fifteen respondents were selected.
Thus, total sample size was 120.
Both in rainfed and irrigated tracts, majority of the respondents had favourable attitude,
towards agriculture (63.33% and 66.66 %). Majority of the respondents had medium level of
aspirations towards better living in rainfed and irrigated tracts (66.66% and 69.99%)
Majority of the respondents in rainfed tract had high level of education (60.00%) and
medium nuclear family (51.66%), medium annual income (54.99%), small land holdings (45.00%)
and low extension participation (46.32%). Whereas in irrigated tract, majority of the respondents
had high level of education (82.00%), joint family (53.33%), medium annual income (58.33%),
semi medium land holding (38.33%) and high extension participation (83.31%)
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