Training Needs of Rural Youth towards Agri-Enterprises
. Mubeena *
Department of Agricultural Extension, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati-517 502, India.
T. Lakshmi
Department of Agricultural Extension, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati-517 502, India.
P. L. R. J. Praveena
Department of Agricultural Extension, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati-517 502, India.
A. V. Nagavani
Department of Agricultural Extension, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati-517 502, India.
B. Ramana Murthy
Department of Agricultural Extension, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati-517 502, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The study is an attempt to understand training needs in areas of agrienterprises. Investigation was carried out in three regions of Andhra Pradesh. Exploratory research design was used. The respondents (n=240) were the youth residing in the villages at the time of investigation. Simple random sampling technique was used for sample collection from twenty four villages. Pre-tested interview schedule was used for data collection. The inferential statistical tools like mean, standard deviation, frequency, percentage were used for analysis of data. An attempt was made to assess the areas of training needs to be focused mainly for agripreneurs to run their agri-enterprises smoothly. Manufacturing techniques (2.69) ranked first among the list of areas training needs for agripreneurs.
Keywords: Rural youth, agri-preneurship, training need