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&lt;em&gt;Youth in rural India are often forced to work in their family farms, but they prefer joining the army or becoming engineers, teachers or nurses, the survey shows&lt;br /&gt;
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New Delhi: &lt;/em&gt;Youth in rural India are often forced to work in their family farms, but they prefer joining the army or becoming engineers, teachers or nurses, found a survey released last week.&lt;br /&gt;
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A large number of rural youth in the 14-18 year age group, about 42%, were working irrespective of their school enrolment status and among these, 79% were employed in the agriculture sector, showed the Annual Status of Education Report (Aser) 2017 released by the non-profit Pratham.&lt;br /&gt;
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This means about a third of the over 30,000 rural youth from 28 states who were surveyed worked in the agriculture sector, mostly in their family farms (72% of those who were working).&lt;br /&gt;
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However, the survey also showed that just 1.2% aspired to be a farmer. While 18% of the boys wanted to join the army or the police, 12% wanted to be engineers. Young girls preferred teaching (25%) or working as a doctor or a nurse (18%). About 13% of the boys and 9% of the girls surveyed also said that &amp;lsquo;any government job&amp;rsquo; is preferable.&lt;br /&gt;
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The survey results come at a time when farmer protests have rocked several states with demands of better crop prices and loan waivers. Average growth rate in agriculture between 2014-15 and 2017-18 was less than 2% per year, showed government estimates, leading to lower returns from farming.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;The percentage of students in agricultural or veterinary courses around India amounts to less than half a percent of all undergraduate enrolment,&amp;rdquo; wrote Madhav Chavan, founder of Pratham in the survey report, adding, &amp;ldquo;although the percentage of population working in agriculture and related areas has now reduced to about 50%, it is an area that could use a more educated and trained workforce considering that productivity lags far behind world&amp;rsquo;s leading nations.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
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Commenting on the abysmal numbers among youth who wanted to continue in farming, Chavan also wrote that &amp;ldquo;mechanised or scientifically supported high yield agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, fisheries and the allied processing industry will be able to generate a cycle of demand, market, profits and potentially aspirations in the near future.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;While the lowest central government job pays Rs22,000 a month, income of a farm household from agriculture is about Rs3,800 per month... who will want to be in an occupation which requires back-breaking work without any dignity or income,&amp;rdquo; Yadav said. &amp;ldquo;While well-off large land owning farmers are educating their children to find a job outside agriculture, a small farmer would even prefer a job of a peon in a government office.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;Across the country, as returns to farming have dipped, rural families also prefer not to marry their daughter into a family where farming is the main source of income,&amp;rdquo; Yadav said.&lt;br /&gt;
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A large number of rural youth in the 14-18 year age group, about 42%, were working irrespective of their school enrolment status and among these, 79% were employed in the agriculture sector, showed the Annual Status of Education Report (Aser) 2017 released by the non-profit Pratham.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
Commenting on the abysmal numbers among youth who wanted to continue in farming, Chavan also wrote that &amp;ldquo;mechanised or scientifically supported high yield agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, fisheries and the allied processing industry will be able to generate a cycle of demand, market, profits and potentially aspirations in the near future.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
A large number of rural youth in the 14-18 year age group, about 42%, were working irrespective of their school enrolment status and among these, 79% were employed in the agriculture sector, showed the Annual Status of Education Report (Aser) 2017 released by the non-profit Pratham.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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Commenting on the abysmal numbers among youth who wanted to continue in farming, Chavan also wrote that &amp;ldquo;mechanised or scientifically supported high yield agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, fisheries and the allied processing industry will be able to generate a cycle of demand, market, profits and potentially aspirations in the near future.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;Youth in rural India are often forced to work in their family farms, but they prefer joining the army or becoming engineers, teachers or nurses, the survey shows&lt;br /&gt;
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New Delhi: &lt;/em&gt;Youth in rural India are often forced to work in their family farms, but they prefer joining the army or becoming engineers, teachers or nurses, found a survey released last week.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A large number of rural youth in the 14-18 year age group, about 42%, were working irrespective of their school enrolment status and among these, 79% were employed in the agriculture sector, showed the Annual Status of Education Report (Aser) 2017 released by the non-profit Pratham.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This means about a third of the over 30,000 rural youth from 28 states who were surveyed worked in the agriculture sector, mostly in their family farms (72% of those who were working).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
However, the survey also showed that just 1.2% aspired to be a farmer. While 18% of the boys wanted to join the army or the police, 12% wanted to be engineers. Young girls preferred teaching (25%) or working as a doctor or a nurse (18%). About 13% of the boys and 9% of the girls surveyed also said that &amp;lsquo;any government job&amp;rsquo; is preferable.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The survey results come at a time when farmer protests have rocked several states with demands of better crop prices and loan waivers. Average growth rate in agriculture between 2014-15 and 2017-18 was less than 2% per year, showed government estimates, leading to lower returns from farming.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;The percentage of students in agricultural or veterinary courses around India amounts to less than half a percent of all undergraduate enrolment,&amp;rdquo; wrote Madhav Chavan, founder of Pratham in the survey report, adding, &amp;ldquo;although the percentage of population working in agriculture and related areas has now reduced to about 50%, it is an area that could use a more educated and trained workforce considering that productivity lags far behind world&amp;rsquo;s leading nations.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Commenting on the abysmal numbers among youth who wanted to continue in farming, Chavan also wrote that &amp;ldquo;mechanised or scientifically supported high yield agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, fisheries and the allied processing industry will be able to generate a cycle of demand, market, profits and potentially aspirations in the near future.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The youth are not interested to continue as farmers due to the falling profitability and incomes in agriculture, said Yogendra Yadav, farm activist and national president of the political party Swaraj India.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;While the lowest central government job pays Rs22,000 a month, income of a farm household from agriculture is about Rs3,800 per month... who will want to be in an occupation which requires back-breaking work without any dignity or income,&amp;rdquo; Yadav said. &amp;ldquo;While well-off large land owning farmers are educating their children to find a job outside agriculture, a small farmer would even prefer a job of a peon in a government office.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;Across the country, as returns to farming have dipped, rural families also prefer not to marry their daughter into a family where farming is the main source of income,&amp;rdquo; Yadav said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;Youth in rural India are often forced to work in their family farms, but they prefer joining the army or becoming engineers, teachers or nurses, the survey shows&lt;br /&gt;
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New Delhi: &lt;/em&gt;Youth in rural India are often forced to work in their family farms, but they prefer joining the army or becoming engineers, teachers or nurses, found a survey released last week.&lt;br /&gt;
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A large number of rural youth in the 14-18 year age group, about 42%, were working irrespective of their school enrolment status and among these, 79% were employed in the agriculture sector, showed the Annual Status of Education Report (Aser) 2017 released by the non-profit Pratham.&lt;br /&gt;
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This means about a third of the over 30,000 rural youth from 28 states who were surveyed worked in the agriculture sector, mostly in their family farms (72% of those who were working).&lt;br /&gt;
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However, the survey also showed that just 1.2% aspired to be a farmer. While 18% of the boys wanted to join the army or the police, 12% wanted to be engineers. Young girls preferred teaching (25%) or working as a doctor or a nurse (18%). About 13% of the boys and 9% of the girls surveyed also said that &amp;lsquo;any government job&amp;rsquo; is preferable.&lt;br /&gt;
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The survey results come at a time when farmer protests have rocked several states with demands of better crop prices and loan waivers. Average growth rate in agriculture between 2014-15 and 2017-18 was less than 2% per year, showed government estimates, leading to lower returns from farming.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;The percentage of students in agricultural or veterinary courses around India amounts to less than half a percent of all undergraduate enrolment,&amp;rdquo; wrote Madhav Chavan, founder of Pratham in the survey report, adding, &amp;ldquo;although the percentage of population working in agriculture and related areas has now reduced to about 50%, it is an area that could use a more educated and trained workforce considering that productivity lags far behind world&amp;rsquo;s leading nations.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Commenting on the abysmal numbers among youth who wanted to continue in farming, Chavan also wrote that &amp;ldquo;mechanised or scientifically supported high yield agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, fisheries and the allied processing industry will be able to generate a cycle of demand, market, profits and potentially aspirations in the near future.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
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The youth are not interested to continue as farmers due to the falling profitability and incomes in agriculture, said Yogendra Yadav, farm activist and national president of the political party Swaraj India.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;While the lowest central government job pays Rs22,000 a month, income of a farm household from agriculture is about Rs3,800 per month... who will want to be in an occupation which requires back-breaking work without any dignity or income,&amp;rdquo; Yadav said. &amp;ldquo;While well-off large land owning farmers are educating their children to find a job outside agriculture, a small farmer would even prefer a job of a peon in a government office.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;Across the country, as returns to farming have dipped, rural families also prefer not to marry their daughter into a family where farming is the main source of income,&amp;rdquo; Yadav said.&lt;br /&gt;
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<em>Youth in rural India are often forced to work in their family farms, but they prefer joining the army or becoming engineers, teachers or nurses, the survey shows<br />
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New Delhi: </em>Youth in rural India are often forced to work in their family farms, but they prefer joining the army or becoming engineers, teachers or nurses, found a survey released last week.<br />
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A large number of rural youth in the 14-18 year age group, about 42%, were working irrespective of their school enrolment status and among these, 79% were employed in the agriculture sector, showed the Annual Status of Education Report (Aser) 2017 released by the non-profit Pratham.<br />
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This means about a third of the over 30,000 rural youth from 28 states who were surveyed worked in the agriculture sector, mostly in their family farms (72% of those who were working).<br />
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However, the survey also showed that just 1.2% aspired to be a farmer. While 18% of the boys wanted to join the army or the police, 12% wanted to be engineers. Young girls preferred teaching (25%) or working as a doctor or a nurse (18%). About 13% of the boys and 9% of the girls surveyed also said that &lsquo;any government job&rsquo; is preferable.<br />
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The survey results come at a time when farmer protests have rocked several states with demands of better crop prices and loan waivers. Average growth rate in agriculture between 2014-15 and 2017-18 was less than 2% per year, showed government estimates, leading to lower returns from farming.<br />
<br />
&ldquo;The percentage of students in agricultural or veterinary courses around India amounts to less than half a percent of all undergraduate enrolment,&rdquo; wrote Madhav Chavan, founder of Pratham in the survey report, adding, &ldquo;although the percentage of population working in agriculture and related areas has now reduced to about 50%, it is an area that could use a more educated and trained workforce considering that productivity lags far behind world&rsquo;s leading nations.&rdquo;<br />
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Commenting on the abysmal numbers among youth who wanted to continue in farming, Chavan also wrote that &ldquo;mechanised or scientifically supported high yield agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, fisheries and the allied processing industry will be able to generate a cycle of demand, market, profits and potentially aspirations in the near future.&rdquo;<br />
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The youth are not interested to continue as farmers due to the falling profitability and incomes in agriculture, said Yogendra Yadav, farm activist and national president of the political party Swaraj India.<br />
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&ldquo;While the lowest central government job pays Rs22,000 a month, income of a farm household from agriculture is about Rs3,800 per month... who will want to be in an occupation which requires back-breaking work without any dignity or income,&rdquo; Yadav said. &ldquo;While well-off large land owning farmers are educating their children to find a job outside agriculture, a small farmer would even prefer a job of a peon in a government office.&rdquo;<br />
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&ldquo;Across the country, as returns to farming have dipped, rural families also prefer not to marry their daughter into a family where farming is the main source of income,&rdquo; Yadav said.<br />
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New Delhi: </em>Youth in rural India are often forced to work in their family farms, but they prefer joining the army or becoming engineers, teachers or nurses, found a survey released last week.<br />
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A large number of rural youth in the 14-18 year age group, about 42%, were working irrespective of their school enrolment status and among these, 79% were employed in the agriculture sector, showed the Annual Status of Education Report (Aser) 2017 released by the non-profit Pratham.<br />
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The survey results come at a time when farmer protests have rocked several states with demands of better crop prices and loan waivers. Average growth rate in agriculture between 2014-15 and 2017-18 was less than 2% per year, showed government estimates, leading to lower returns from farming.<br />
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&ldquo;The percentage of students in agricultural or veterinary courses around India amounts to less than half a percent of all undergraduate enrolment,&rdquo; wrote Madhav Chavan, founder of Pratham in the survey report, adding, &ldquo;although the percentage of population working in agriculture and related areas has now reduced to about 50%, it is an area that could use a more educated and trained workforce considering that productivity lags far behind world&rsquo;s leading nations.&rdquo;<br />
<br />
Commenting on the abysmal numbers among youth who wanted to continue in farming, Chavan also wrote that &ldquo;mechanised or scientifically supported high yield agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, fisheries and the allied processing industry will be able to generate a cycle of demand, market, profits and potentially aspirations in the near future.&rdquo;<br />
<br />
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&ldquo;While the lowest central government job pays Rs22,000 a month, income of a farm household from agriculture is about Rs3,800 per month... who will want to be in an occupation which requires back-breaking work without any dignity or income,&rdquo; Yadav said. &ldquo;While well-off large land owning farmers are educating their children to find a job outside agriculture, a small farmer would even prefer a job of a peon in a government office.&rdquo;<br />
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Rural youth prefer not to be farmers: Survey -Sayantan Bera

-Livemint.com Youth in rural India are often forced to work in their family farms, but they prefer joining the army or becoming engineers, teachers or nurses, the survey shows New Delhi: Youth in rural India are often forced to work in their family farms, but they prefer joining the army or becoming engineers, teachers or nurses, found a survey released last week. A large number of rural youth in the 14-18 year age group, about 42%, were working irrespective of their school enrolment status and among these, 79% were employed in the agriculture sector, showed the Annual Status of Education Report (Aser) 2017 released by the non-profit Pratham. This means about a third of the over 30,000 rural youth from 28 states who were surveyed worked in the agriculture sector, mostly in their family farms (72% of those who were working). However, the survey also showed that just 1.2% aspired to be a farmer. While 18% of the boys wanted to join the army or the police, 12% wanted to be engineers. Young girls preferred teaching (25%) or working as a doctor or a nurse (18%). About 13% of the boys and 9% of the girls surveyed also said that ‘any government job’ is preferable. The survey results come at a time when farmer protests have rocked several states with demands of better crop prices and loan waivers. Average growth rate in agriculture between 2014-15 and 2017-18 was less than 2% per year, showed government estimates, leading to lower returns from farming. “The percentage of students in agricultural or veterinary courses around India amounts to less than half a percent of all undergraduate enrolment,” wrote Madhav Chavan, founder of Pratham in the survey report, adding, “although the percentage of population working in agriculture and related areas has now reduced to about 50%, it is an area that could use a more educated and trained workforce considering that productivity lags far behind world’s leading nations.” Commenting on the abysmal numbers among youth who wanted to continue in farming, Chavan also wrote that “mechanised or scientifically supported high yield agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, fisheries and the allied processing industry will be able to generate a cycle of demand, market, profits and potentially aspirations in the near future.” The youth are not interested to continue as farmers due to the falling profitability and incomes in agriculture, said Yogendra Yadav, farm activist and national president of the political party Swaraj India. “While the lowest central government job pays Rs22,000 a month, income of a farm household from agriculture is about Rs3,800 per month... who will want to be in an occupation which requires back-breaking work without any dignity or income,” Yadav said. “While well-off large land owning farmers are educating their children to find a job outside agriculture, a small farmer would even prefer a job of a peon in a government office.” “Across the country, as returns to farming have dipped, rural families also prefer not to marry their daughter into a family where farming is the main source of income,” Yadav said. Please click here to read more.