The present study primarily focuses on determinants
Influencing Tribal Youth Engagement in Agricultural Livelihood Pursuits in
Dindori District, Madhya Pradesh, India. Rural areas are the economic backbone
of most developing countries and contribute to their overall economic growth
through the creation of jobs and the supply of food and raw materials to other
growing sectors of the economy. While the modes of living of various
populations in tribal areas vary, all groups of people in these places rely either
entirely or partially—directly or indirectly—on agriculture for their
subsistence. Some social groupings are still very far apart from pastoralism
and agriculture, making it impossible for them to reach the stage of
agriculture. The Baigas, a people group in Central India, are now compelled to
engage in established agriculture. Before they practiced shifting cultivation,
they had various modes of livelihood. They still enjoy their traditional mode
of livelihood, i.e. hunting and food gathering in the deep forest. They are
also fond of fishing. Many tribal youths are faced with difficulty of
maintaining livelihoods and consequently, poverty remains exist among them. The
importance of income-generating activities to tribal livelihood cannot be
over-emphasized. This paper examines the factors influencing the involvement of
tribal youth in agricultural income generating livelihood activities in Dindori
district of Madhya Pradesh, India. Purposive multistage random sampling was
used to collect data from 250 respondents, the majority of respondents had
medium mass media exposure with medium urban contact for income-generating
activities. There was a significant relationship between involvement in
agricultural income-generating activities and the socio-personal-economic,
psychological and communicational attributes of the respondents. The study
concludes that the main factors affecting livelihood patterns among tribal
youth in the Dindori district of Madhya Pradesh are; marital status, family
type, social participation, land holding, family income, rural life preference,
urban contact, mass media exposure and reasons for educational and vocational
training. It is advised that the government and non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) consider all agricultural income-generating activities that tribal
youths participate in, as well as the factors mentioned above that impact their
involvement when designing and organizing programs targeted at improving the
livelihoods of these youths.
Author(s) Details
Geeta Singh
JNKVV, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Dindori, Madhya Pradesh, India.
M. K. Dubey
Department of Extension Education, JNKVV, Jabalpur, Madhya
Pradesh, India.
S. R. K. Singh
ICAR-ATARI, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India.
R. B. Singh
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, JNKVV, Jabalpur
Madhya Pradesh, India.
Please see the link:- https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/crbme/v9/382
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