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Relationship between Aspirations and Personal, Socio-Economic and Psychological Characteristics of Rural Youth and Constraints Faced by Rural Youth towards Self Development


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1 Extension Education Section, Post Graduate Institute, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Ahmednagar (M.S.), India
2 Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Nagpur (M.S.), India
     

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The present research on relationship between aspirations and personal, socio-economic and psychological characteristics of rural youth was conducted in Ramtek and Kamthi taluka of Nagpur district of Maharashtra State. 100 youth were selected randomly from 10 villages. The data were collected by personal interview from rural youth with the help of interview schedule. In case of relationship of selected characteristics of respondents with their role in village development age, education, experience in farming, family size, land holding, social participation, extension contact, mass media exposure and cosmopoliteness were found to be positively and significantly correlated with overall role of rural youth in village development. Mostly the respondents faced constraints in village development like low price return from farm produce (90.00 %), lack of electricity and irrigation water (73.00 %), lack of labour for performing farm operations (70.00 %) and lack of knowledge about improved farm technologies (67.00 %).

Keywords

Aspiration, Self Development, Constraints.
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Authors

M. D. Mali
Extension Education Section, Post Graduate Institute, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Ahmednagar (M.S.), India
V. S. Tekale
Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Nagpur (M.S.), India
J. I. Shaikh
Extension Education Section, Post Graduate Institute, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Ahmednagar (M.S.), India

Abstract


The present research on relationship between aspirations and personal, socio-economic and psychological characteristics of rural youth was conducted in Ramtek and Kamthi taluka of Nagpur district of Maharashtra State. 100 youth were selected randomly from 10 villages. The data were collected by personal interview from rural youth with the help of interview schedule. In case of relationship of selected characteristics of respondents with their role in village development age, education, experience in farming, family size, land holding, social participation, extension contact, mass media exposure and cosmopoliteness were found to be positively and significantly correlated with overall role of rural youth in village development. Mostly the respondents faced constraints in village development like low price return from farm produce (90.00 %), lack of electricity and irrigation water (73.00 %), lack of labour for performing farm operations (70.00 %) and lack of knowledge about improved farm technologies (67.00 %).

Keywords


Aspiration, Self Development, Constraints.