Agriculture as an occupation fails to entice youths

In spite of the fact that farming has been a major livelihood for the people of Himachal Pradesh, agriculture as an occupation has failed to attract the youths of the state.


The national policy for farmers that was framed in 2007, endorsed the participation of youth in farm activities, but failed to entice enough youngsters in the state towards farming.


According to the statistics provided by the state agriculture department, nearly 30 youngsters approached it in 2013 for launching self-employment ventures under the national policy for farmers.Under the policy, interested youths would be helped and supported for setting up agri-clinics and production-cum-processing centres to undertake outsourcing jobs both from within and outside the country.