PERCEPTION OF RURAL YOUTH TOWARDS FARMING AS AN OCCUPATION IN PUNJAB
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ANJANA RAI * AND KIRANJOT SID
Department of Extension Education and Communication Management, College of Community Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141 004
Keywords:
Farming, Occupation, Perception, Punjab Agriculture and Rural YouthAbstract
The purpose of the research was to study the perception of the 200 rural youth studying in
class 10th/11th/12th aged 14-19 years in Punjab state towards farming as an occupation.
Economic, socio-cultural, personal, physical and psychological factors were worked out to measure
the perception of youth towards farming as an occupation. The findings of the study revealed
that nearly three fourth of the respondents (71.5%) perceived that farming was not economically
profitable occupation and they were dissatisfied with the income earned from farming. Nearly half
of the sample (49%) agreed that other occupations can be undertaken along with farming as
farming is seasonal and gives enough time to be involved in other subsidiary occupations. Most
of the respondents (91%) agreed that farmers can earn throughout their life as there is no
retirement age for farming. Youth (95.5%) also perceived that farming has as a low social status
and it was also considered as physically laborious occupation by 97.5 percent of the respondents
and most of the youth (98%) viewed that farming is associated with health risks due to exposure
to heat, cold, dust and chemicals. However, majority (84%) of the youth believed that hard work
in farming kept them healthy. More than three fourth of the sample youth (78.5%) dislike farming
and were disinterested. Three fourth of the respondents (75%) were dissatisfied with income
from farming as it was insufficient to fulfil their family expenditure.
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