Volume : IV, Issue : IX, September - 2015

FACILITATING YOUTH IN AGRICULTURE – STUDY OF FOUR VILLAGES AT ALANGANALLUR BLOCK IN MADURAI DISTRICT

I. Balu

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India is known for agriculture and comprising one fourth of youth population so, it is very much essential to connect youth and agriculture. The present study design for conducting study on facilitating youth in agriculturein four Villages of Alanganallur block, Madurai district, Tamil Nadu. According to the definition of youth in National Youth Policy 2012– Youth in the age group of 18–35 years were chosen for the study. Wealth ranking and stratified random sampling method were employed to conduct the study. The total numbers of youths identified were 926 out of which 86 were full time farmers, From the analysis it was observed that youth in the areas of study contributed very less to agricultural development. The rural youths are found to participate very less in development of agriculture and are not interested to take up agriculture as their main occupation.

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I.Balu Facilitating Youth in Agriculture?Study of Four Villages at Alanganallur Block in Madurai District International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 4, Issue : 9 September 2015

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