The influence of agricultural land access on youth's attitude towards agricultural occupation | [Sarhad Journal of Agriculture • 2022]

Author(s):

1. Nadia Farooq: Department of Rural Sociology, University of Agriculture,Peshawar,Pakistan

2. Asad Ullah: Department of Rural Sociology, University of Agriculture,Peshawar,Pakistan

3. Mussawar Shah: Department of Rural Sociology, University of Agriculture,Peshawar,Pakistan

4. Muhammad Idrees: Department of Agricultural Extension, Education and Communication, University of Agriculture,Peshawar,Pakistan

Abstract:

In this research, the influence of agricultural land access on youth's attitude towards agricultural occupation was assessed. For this purpose, 486 youth under the age group 15-29 years were randomly selected from 12 villages in district Mardan. The data were collected through a data collection instrument/ questionnaire. This study revealed that majority of the respondents was graduate, unemployed and belongs to farming families. Moreover, the majority of respondents' families were having 8-12 acres of arable agricultural land. However, respondents were lacking very limited access to arable land due to various problems; which decline their interest in the agricultural sector.

Page(s): 1089-1097

DOI: 10.17582/journal.sja/2022/38.3.1089.1097

Published: Journal: Sarhad Journal of Agriculture, Volume: 38, Issue: 3, Year: 2022

Keywords:

influence , Agricultural occupation , land , Youths attitude

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