Attracting youth in Agriculture Context and Proposals

Brief Description• Carryout study- in 4 VDCs of 2 districts,

interviewed with 52 youths (at the age of 18 to 35)from Mohattari district and 42 youths from Lalitpur . FGD, literature review, ....,=94

• National Consultation (representatives from Ministry, National committee of Family Farming, various agricultural co-operatives, organizations and associations working in the field of Youth and Agriculture, journalists, Civil Society, Youth farmers=53 Persons)

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Major issues and Concerns• 74 % people depend on agriculture. It provides net

employment to 66 % people but GDP contribution from agriculture sector remain only 32%.

• Almost fifty percent of people are youth between 16-40 years of age. Even if we consider the youth as 18-35 age group, it occupies 41.63 per cent of the total population of Nepal (EC, 2013).

• Youth migration (1,200-1,700 in a day) leading negative impact on agriculture.

• Lacked agricultural land. No land resources those youths want to do agriculture business. (detached labor-land and capital)

• Having no interest in agricultural profession, taken as a dominated profession

• Lacked technical knowledge on commercial farming

Major Findings

• Subsistence oriented farming discouraged to youths to come in agriculture.

• Not includes for young farmers at policy level and not listen their voices by policy makers.

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Fig. 4:Land Ownership status of respondents

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Fig. 6: Percentage of young farmers initiating commercial farming

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Fig.8 Major problem faced by young farmers in the study area

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Fig. 9: percentage of youth migrating abroad for employment

Major recommendations• Should ensure the young farmers participation and

involvement in decision-making processes.

• Need to more active than ever before the Youth Self Employment Fund Program that should be directed to youth willing to involve in agriculture to make easy access to credit.

• Strengthening youth oriented agricultural groups and clubs, enhance agricultural education and training for skill development.

• Matching grants to promote innovation and entrepreneurship, including Innovation Fund and Agro-Entrepreneurship Programs targeted to youth and women.

Major recommendations• Insurance services to provide the young farmers

full assurance at the time of risk and uncertainty.

• Agriculture should link with generate employment and entrepreneurship.

• Need to be share successful stories of youth involvement in agriculture (mainly those are back after foreign countries) to raising awareness and advocacy campaigns through youth networks and using IT .

Gains/benefit

• Youths are motivated to join at the NLRF, their is possibilities to develop more youth frontline leaders.

• Realized an important issues with in land rights movement.

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