Youth Agriculture and Rural Development

During last one decade, rural India witnessed the continuous migration of rural youth to urban areas. This situation is very serious and alarming and the migration of rural youth created a vacuum in the villages. It has been observed and expressed by many enlightened persons that villages are becoming old age homes draining away the talented farm youth to stay away from farming. The contents of book covers the issues like youth-concept, characteristics, interests, aspirations; youth in natural resource management; ICT and rural youth; Extension approaches and strategies; SHGs and Group approaches; Mobilization of Rural Youth; Gender issues and women empowerment and successful case studies on farm youth. The major sub heads of the book are: FARM YOUTH IN AGRICULTURE, CAPACITY BUILDING OF RURAL YOUTH, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AMONG RURAL YOUTH, RURAL YOUTH AND INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE, RURAL YOUTH IN INTEGRATED FARMING, LEISURE TIME UTILIZATION BY RURAL YOUTH, CASE STUDIES ON RURAL YOUTH