TY - JOUR AU - Venkatesan, Shanjeevika AU - Indumathy, K AU - Murugan, P.P PY - 2019/03/14 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Constraints Faced by the Rural Youth in Farm Activities JF - Journal of Extension Education JA - JEE VL - 30 IS - 3 SE - Research Note DO - 10.26725/JEE.2018.3.30.6137-6139 UR - https://extensioneducation.org/index.php/jee/article/view/338 SP - AB - <p><em>Rural areas are the economic backbone of the country and contribute to the economic </em><em>growth for development of other sectors. Major portion of the rural population depends on agriculture </em><em>for their income. In recent years the participation of rural youth in agriculture is declining. This </em><em>is due to the constraints faced by them and migration to urban areas. A study was conducted in nine </em><em>villages of Vaniyambadi taluk in Tamil Nadu to assess the constraints faced by rural youth in farm </em><em>activities. The primary constraint faced by rural youth was lack of technical skills from resource persons, </em><em>fear of external constraints like pests &amp; disease followed by difficulty in accessing financial resources, low </em><em>income generation and lack of proper marketing facilities. Suggestions to overcome the constraints and </em><em>methods to attract rural youth towards agriculture are also provided.</em></p> ER -