Youth in Agriculture and Rural Development

K.Narayana Gowda:Ed.

ImprintNIPA
ISBN 9789381450758
Year2013
Pages414 pages, 25cm
LanguageEnglish

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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
K. Narayana Gowda: Vice-Chancellor, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore – 560 065, Karnataka
Section I : Farm Youth in Agriculture: 01. Farm Youth Caught in Cross Winds R. Dwarakinath 02. Sustaining Agriculture through Rural Youth A.G. Sawant 03. Natural Resource Management – An Experience of Rural Bio-Resource Complex Project K. Narayana Gowda, K.C. Narayanaswamy, Babu R.M. Ray, H.C. Girisha and B.V. Manjula 04. Youth in Agriculture V. Veerabhadraiah 05. Strategy for the Promotion of Youth in Agriculture V.G. Dhanakumar 06. Youth in Agriculture - Reflections, Re-Orientation and Reforms R M Prasad 07. Strategies to Retain the Farm Youth in Agriculture T. Rathakrishnan 08. Participation of Rural Youth in Farm Activities Y.N. Shivalingaiah and V. Veerabhadraiah 09. Attracting and Retaining Youth in Farming N. Parasuraman 10. Farm Youth : A Catalyst for Sustainable Agriculture Meenambigai, J. Santha Govind and G. Tamil Selvi 11. Augmenting Share of Rural Youth in Agricultural Development : A Case Study of Poonch District of Jammu & Kashmir Pawan Kumar Sharma, Suraj Prakash and Sanjay Khar 12. Rural Youth: Challenges and Strategies M.S. Nataraju Section II : Capacity Building of Rural Youth: 13. Capacity Building of Rural Youth for Better Livelihoods through Improved Natural Resource Management Sreenath Dixit and B. Venkateswarlu 14. Empowerment of Male Farm Youth through Agro-Based Income Generating Activities Shivakumar B. Hayyal, Madhu Prasad V.L., Shivamurthy, M. and Mahatab Ali K.M. 15. Training Strategies as Preferred by Farm Women on IPM Practices J. Santha Govind, Gopalasamy, K and G. Tamil Selvi 16. Novel Extension Strategies to Enhance Sustainable Livelihood among Livestock Farmers in Tamil Nadu Porchezhiyan. S, R. Senthi Kumar, K. Ranjith Kumar and B.S. Meena Section III : Entrepreneurship among Rural Youth: 17. Entrepreneurship Development in Agriculture and Rural Youth B.S. Hansra and P.K. Jain 18. Entrepreneurship Development – An Appropriate Option to Rural Industrialisation and Youth V. Sudha Rani and N. Kishore Kumar 19. Entrepreneurship Development in Agriculture – An Opportunity for Unemployed Rural Youth Ashoka Doddamani, V. Govinda Gowda and Jagadajyoti, S. Binkadakatti 20. Profile and Job Preferences of Bhil Youth in Dhule District of Maharashtra Suryawanshi, D.B., K.S. Throat and S.H. Ban 21. Marketing Behaviour of Dairy Farmers in Tamil Nadu R. Senthil Kumar, Ram Kumar, Babu. D and P. Jai Sridhar Section IV : Rural Youth and Information Communication Technology: 22. Youth and ICTs for Agricultural Development Suchiradipta Bhattacharjee and R. Saravanan 23. Krishi Community Radio : An Emerging ICT Tool Sneha M. Talwar., Manjunath, L. and Ashalata, K.V. 24. Providing Management Services through Mobile Telephone to Attract Farm Youth Towards Sustainable Agriculture B.K. Narayana Swamy and N. Shankariah 25. Case Study of Farm Youth in Water Management Bharaswadkar, R.B. 26. Profile of Farmers using Kissan Call Centres Savithramma, K. Venkataranga Naika and M.P. Gokul Raj Section V : Women in Agriculture” 27. Gender Mainstreaming in Agriculture Development and Sustaining Women Youth in Agriculture P.S. Geethakutty 28. Handholding Strategies for Sustainable Development of Women SHGs Anasuya Patil, D.M. Chandargi, N.R. Mamledesai and S.B. Mahajanshetty 29. Training Needs of Dairy Farm Women S.R. Lahoti, R.R.Chole and G.U. Gholap 30. Drudgery Reducing Equipment as a Key to Enhance the Efficiency of Farm Women M.R. Kammar, A.R. Kurubar and Chavan Mohan 31. Potential Income Generation Activities (IGA) and Alternative Options for Women in Sub-Watersheds of Karnataka Chandargi, D.M., Anasuya Patil, S.B. Mahajanshetty and N.R. Mamledesai 32. Empowering Women SHG through Tuberose Cultivation – A Case Study in Karnataka Basavaraj Hulagur, Jamuna Urs and S.G. Goudappa 33. Information Seeking Behaviour of Dairy Farmwomen S.K. Meti 34. Sustainability of Women Self Help Groups of Gender Mainstreaming in Tamil Nadu M.A. Vennila, K. Narayana Gowda and S. Manickam Section VI : Rural Youth in Integrated Farming: 35. Integrated Farming System – A Successful Case Study K. Narayana Gowda, K.C. Narayanaswmay, Babu R.M. Ray, H.C. Girisha and B.V. Manjula 36. Integrated Farming System Demonstration Model forAttracting Rural Youth for Agriculture G. Eswarappa, E. Yellappa and Ashok Doddamani 37. Livelihood Improvement of Vulnerable Farmers through Integrated Farming K. Jagadeeshwara, K. Narayanagowda, Y. Nagaraju and Bhagyavathi 38. Role of Rural Youth in Milk and Silk Farming M.T. Lakshminarayan, M.S. Nataraju and B.N. Manjunatha 39. Integrated Farming System – An Avenue for Rural Youth in the Coastal Zone of Karnataka Manjula, N., Dhanunjaya, B. and Nagesha, G. Section VII : Leisure Time Utilization by Rural Youth 40. Leisure Time Utilization by the Rural Youth R.R. Chole, P.R. Deshmukh and U.N. Fatak 41. Leisure Time Utilization by Male and Female Rural Youth Antwal P.N., J.V. Ekale and P.S. Kapse 42. Leisure Time Activities of Rural Youth Sasane G.K., U.D Jagdale and S.S. Patil Section VIII : Case Studies on Rural Youth 43. Case Studies on the Functioning of Rural Youth Clubs K.S. Krishna 44. A Case Study of a Young Farmer in Integrated Farming System R.P. Kadam and S.K. Panke 45. Promotion of Jalasri Method of Paddy Cultivation under Tank Achkat – A Case of Young Farmer Eswarappa. G, E. Yellappa and Ashoka Doddamani 46. Bivoltine Chawki Rearing Centre - A Success Story of Sericulture Farm Youth Madhu Prasad V.L., Nanjappa D, Manjunath M and Govinda Gowda V 47. Case Studies on Rural Youth M.S. Nataraju 48. Case Studies on Migrated Rural Youth D. Nanjappa 49. Software Professional Becomes Best Farmer in Coastal Zone – A Case Study G. Nagesha, H. Hanumanthappa and Jayashree. S 50. Mitigation of Migration and Persuasion of Youth toContinue in Farming Profession V. Govinda Gowda, Ashoka Doddamani and Siddaram
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