Measuring the Constraints Perceived by Rural Youth in Farming: An Exploratory Study of Haryana

The present study was carried out to measure the constraints perceived by rural youth in farming. The study was conducted in Haryana and sample constituted 270 rural youths. They represented randomly selected 270 households from 18 villages and 9 blocks of Hisar district. Data has been collected through personal interview schedule with the objective to know the constraints perceived by rural youths farming, compelling them for urban migration. A list of 22 constraints was prepared and data were gathered on each one. K-Means clustering was used to group the list of constraints revealed by respondents. The major constraints in farming perceived by the respondents were; lack of institutional and extension support that ranked Ist under technical and input related category followed by profit is not in harmony with efforts (Rank II) under socioeconomic constraints category. Mechanization inaccessibility in agriculture sector secured III ^rd rank under infrastructure and resource related category. This revealed technical and input related factors followed by socio-economic factors need to be addressed first to bring the youth in the farming activities.