Decision making role of rural youth in farming

A study was conducted in Banaskantha district of Gujarat state, state about the participation of rural youth in making decision about farming. Out of thirteen blocks in the district, four blocks randomly selected and four villages from each block were selected randomly. From each selected village ten rural youth were selected randomly for data collection. The total sample size of the study was 160 rural youth of Banaskantha district. A structured interview schedule was used to collect the data. A three point scale developed by Nandapurkar (1981) was used. The study revealed that 68.74 per cent of rural youth had medium level of decision making while participation in farming. Age and size of family had not-significant relationship with decision making of rural youth in farming. Innovativeness, attitude and sources of information had positive and highly significant relationship with decision making of rural youth in farming.