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Attracting youth in Agriculture Context and Proposals

Attracting youth in Agriculture Context and Proposals. Brief Description. Carryout study- in 4 VDCs of 2 districts, interviewed with 52 youths (at the age of 18 to 35)from Mohattari district and 42 youths from Lalitpur . FGD, literature review, ....,=94

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Attracting youth in Agriculture Context and Proposals

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  1. Attracting youth in Agriculture Context and Proposals

  2. Brief Description • Carryout study- in 4 VDCs of 2 districts, interviewed with 52 youths (at the age of 18 to 35)from Mohattari district and 42 youths from Lalitpur . FGD, literature review, ....,=94 • National Consultation (representatives from Ministry, National committee of Family Farming, various agricultural co-operatives, organizations and associations working in the field of Youth and Agriculture, journalists, Civil Society, Youth farmers=53 Persons)

  3. Major issues and Concerns • 74 % people depend on agriculture. It provides net employment to 66 % people but GDP contribution from agriculture sector remain only 32%. • Almost fifty percent of people are youth between 16-40 years of age. Even if we consider the youth as 18-35 age group, it occupies 41.63 per cent of the total population of Nepal (EC, 2013). • Youth migration (1,200-1,700 in a day) leading negative impact on agriculture. • Lacked agricultural land. No land resources those youths want to do agriculture business. (detached labor-land and capital) • Having no interest in agricultural profession, taken as a dominated profession • Lacked technical knowledge on commercial farming

  4. Major Findings • Subsistence oriented farming discouraged to youths to come in agriculture. • Not includes for young farmers at policy level and not listen their voices by policy makers.

  5. Fig. 4:Land Ownership status of respondents

  6. Fig. 6: Percentage of young farmers initiating commercial farming

  7. Fig.8 Major problem faced by young farmers in the study area

  8. Fig. 9: percentage of youth migrating abroad for employment

  9. Major recommendations • Should ensure the young farmers participation and involvement in decision-making processes. • Need to more active than ever before the Youth Self Employment Fund Program that should be directed to youth willing to involve in agriculture to make easy access to credit. • Strengthening youth oriented agricultural groups and clubs, enhance agricultural education and training for skill development. • Matching grants to promote innovation and entrepreneurship, including Innovation Fund and Agro-Entrepreneurship Programs targeted to youth and women.

  10. Major recommendations • Insurance services to provide the young farmers full assurance at the time of risk and uncertainty. • Agriculture should link with generate employment and entrepreneurship. • Need to be share successful stories of youth involvement in agriculture (mainly those are back after foreign countries) to raising awareness and advocacy campaigns through youth networks and using IT .

  11. Gains/benefit • Youths are motivated to join at the NLRF, their is possibilities to develop more youth frontline leaders. • Realized an important issues with in land rights movement.

  12. questions/comments please!!!

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