Gautam, Harender Raj

Fostering innovation and entrepreneur skills among rural youth - Kurukshetra - 70(2), Dec, 2021: p.31-35

Agriculture in India needs youth to sustain farming and youth need non-farm employment opportunities to mee aspirations and lifestyle. As 90 percent of agricultural workers in India have no formal training, they need skills for the respectable employability. Skills emerge from the technologies and innovations are important for the emergence of new technologies. As majority of the youth in the rural areas are engaged in agriculture, there is a need to equip them with skills blended with new technologies like Big Data analytics, Supply Chain/market-linked model, Internet of Things (loT) in agriculture. – Reproduced


Innovation, Entrepreneur skills, Rural youth, Youth