MANJUNATHA, B. N.HADAGALI, VISHWANATHA.2017-07-142017-07-142013-09-15Th-10639http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810025252The 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.ennullThesis