International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development

author(s)
Lohar Prashant Shivaji, VL Madhuprasad, HK Pankaja and KP Raghuprasad

abstract
A livelihood is sustainable if it can withstand stress and shocks, recover from them, and retain or improve its capabilities and assets in the present and the future without depleting the natural resource base. This study focuses on improvement of the livelihood of the farm youth by making their work in rural economy more visible, in order to move forward and improve living conditions in rural areas through family farming. The present study was carried out using Ex-post facto research design during 2022-23 by purposively selecting state Maharashtra and district Parbhani as the economy of the district is mainly depend on agriculture and attempt made in this research to know the livelihood security of farm youth practicing family farming. From Parbhani district, two taluks were selected based on maximum number of farm youth practicing family farming and from each taluk, four villages were selected. From each village, 20 farm youth were selected by using simple random technique, thus, making a total sample 160 respondents. The data was collected through personal interview method with the help of structured pre-tested interview schedule. The research results will be useful for the policy makers to plan and implement the programmes for upliftment of farm youth involved in agriculture and allied sectors. The findings revealed that in livelihood security, among dimensions namely social security, financial/occupational security, habitat security, educational security, environmental security, health security and food security the statements such as participation in organizing social events, saving habits, house with all facilities (toilet/ water/ electricity/ road etc.), accessibility of primary education, availability and accessibility of drinking water, health service by government hospitals and food availability throughout the year were ranked I under each dimensions respectively. Further, with regard to different dimensions of livelihood security, financial/occupational security ranked I followed by social security (Rank II).