PROBLEMS FOR YOUTH IN FARMING -SUGGESTIONS TO RETAIN YOUTH IN FARMING

K. SHIREESHA¹*, P.V. SATYAGOPAL², T. LAKSHMI³, S.V. PRASAD^4
1Department of Agricultural Extension, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, 517502, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur, 522509 Andhra Pradesh
²Department of Agricultural Extension, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, 517502, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur, 522509 Andhra Pradesh
³Department of Agricultural Extension, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, 517502, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur, 522509 Andhra Pradesh
⁴Department of Agricultural Extension, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, 517502, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur, 522509 Andhra Pradesh
* Corresponding Author : kanduriss15@gmail.com

Received : 16-11-2016     Accepted : 26-11-2016     Published : 30-11-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 58       Pages : 3236 - 3239
Int J Agr Sci 8.58 (2016):3236-3239

Keywords : Youth in Farming, Problems, Suggestions
Academic Editor : Vikas Kumar
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Department of Agricultural Extension, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, 517502, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur, 522509 Andhra Pradesh
Author Contribution : None declared

In the present study, the problems as perceived by youth in farming were classified into four major types, which were linked with production, market, finance and information & communication. The problems were ranked based on the order of highest mean score obtained within each major type of problems. Among the production linked problems, ‘drastic variations in climatic conditions’ with mean score (1.84) ranked first. In consideration to market problems ‘involvement of intermediaries in marketing of farm produce’ (mean score=1.78) was ranked first. In finance linked problems, very large majority of the youth perceived ‘lack of remunerative prices for different crops’ (mean score=1.81) as a foremost problem and it was ranked first. Regarding information and communication linked problems ‘poor accessibility to different ICT tools’ (mean score=1.67) ranked first and was perceived as a prominent problem by the most of youth in farming. The study also revealed that the majority (95.83%) of the youth in farming felt that ‘exploring export avenues for marketing and regularizing remunerative price for farm produce’ as one of the major suggestions.