Vol. 11, Special Issue 4 (2022)

Author(s):
Kamlesh Choudhary, Shobhana Gupta, Prmoad Choudhary, Divya Choudhary, Sita Ram Bijarnia and Jitendra Kuri

Abstract:
The livestock sector in India's economy is a significant sub-sector of agriculture. In the form of vital inputs, Agriculture is a significant source of income for most of farmers. Radha Mohan Singh (Former Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare of India, 2014-2019) stated that agriculture has become an unprofitable business for small and marginal farmers. The ARYA initiative was launched in response to the growing need to attract and retain young people in agriculture. ARYA project creates interest and confidence among rural youth farmers in agriculture, there is need to make agriculture more and more profitable. Retaining youth in agriculture fields and making agricultural more profitable and benefits are thus, big challenges. The research study shows some suggestions for improving the program's administration and problems encountered in the adoption of goat husbandry by trained youth. It was also attempted to elicit recommendations from 20 selected trainers on how to better manage the programme and increase goat farming adoption and trainers' recommendations for each statement's SD and MPS were computed and rated appropriately.