Constraints faced by the rural youth while shifting from agriculture to other non-farm occupations-an analysis in Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu

India has rich rural youth potential. The population of rural youth in developmental activities contributes to national development. Several studies confirm that there exists a shifting pattern in the occupation of rural youth from agriculture to other non-farm activities and during this process they experience lot of constraints and difficulties. An analysis of such constraints would help in developing appropriate strategies. Hence in this study an analysis was made in Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu with 120 rural youth respondents. Most of the respondents stated that the uncertain nature of job, uncertainty in the income level, unlimited working time, language problem, large travelling distance etc were their key constraints.