International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development

author(s)
Sreelakshmi C, RK Verma and Arvind Kumar Jhajharia

abstract
The research paper spotlights the constraints of rural youth towards agriculture as a source of livelihood. Agriculture forms the crux of the socio-economic development of the country and source of livelihood to majority of the rural life. Rural areas are the economic backbone of the country and contribute to the economic growth for development of other sectors. Major portion of the rural population depends on agriculture for their income. In recent years the participation of rural youth in agriculture is declining. This is due to the constraints faced by them and migration to urban areas. Despite this, migration of rural youth to other sectors in search of other lucrative jobs has resulted in decreasing participation of rural youth in agriculture. This has several implications for the future of Indian agriculture and India’s food security. It is imperative to find out the reasons for growing disinterest of youth to be involved in agriculture. The present study was carried out in 300 rural youth respondents in Jaipur and Alwar districts of Rajasthan. Results revealed that economic constraints were of most serious concern as raised by rural youth, hence was ranked first among overall constraints with cumulative mean score of 16.55.