Attitude of Male Adolescents towards Family Occupation of Farming: Management Perspective for Indian Policy makers

Abstract

Future of Indian agriculture depends largely on the occupational choice of male adolescents belonging to farming families. It is observable that constraints in farming are on the increase and these constraints could lead male adolescents to opt for other occupation for living. This study is conducted to find out the attitude of male adolescents towards their family farming occupation as attitude is a strong indicator to predict whether they are going to remain in farming occupation or would opt out from it. Further, on the basis of the findings, this study discusses the management issues which need immediate attention for policy makers of India.