K.A. JahagirdarSavita B. Nashi2016-11-112016-11-112011http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/85097Youth are 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 Socioeconomic 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 Belgaum district during 2010-11. Three taluks were selected namely Belgaum, Gokak and Raibag. From which twelve villages were selected by random sampling method. From each village, five male and five female respondents were selected. Thus, total sample size was 120. Majority (80%) of the rural male youth participated in ploughing, cent per cent of rural female youth were self participated in all activities. Majority (68.33%) of the youth were needed training in ‘identification of pests and diseases’. Majority (65%) of the rural youth expressed lack of awareness as their major problem (latest technology, varieties etc.). One third (34.17%) of the rural youth had education upto middle school. Majority (56.67% &58.33%) of the rural male and female youth belonged to nuclear family. Both rural male (53.33%) and female (43.33%) youth had family size of 5 to 8 members. Majority (65%) of the respondents belonged to forward caste, medium experience in farming (70%), nearly half of the respondents had high annual income (49.17%) and medium farm families (48.33%). Majority (94.17%) of the families of rural youth possessed television. Among them 75.22 per cent viewed commercial programmes daily, 35 per cent of the respondents had medium innovativeness, 34.17 per cent of the respondents had high level of aspiration. The rural male youths are having higher innovativeness and more aspiration level than rural female youths.Agricultural Extension EducationThesis