Assessing the Student's Attitudes towards Sustainble Agriculture (original) (raw)
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ATTITUDE OF STUDENTS TOWARDS AGRICULTURE AS A PROFESSION
The present study was conducted to find out the attitude of young agricultural graduates towards agriculture as a profession. Locale of study was College of Agriculture, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar district in Uttarakhand. Data was collected from 50 students using pre-tested questionnaire. It was found that maximum number of respondents had high academic performance and had medium level of total family income and majority of students' father was in service followed by business and cultivation. Study also indicates that majority of students were male and maximum number of students had their residences located in some rural area.