Abstract

Rural development could be achieved by empowered people who are educated, informed, motivated and have healthy physical condition for doing agricultural activities. Recently, rural youth unwillingness for agricultural activities has caused of aging of farmers in this sector. The purpose of this descriptive- survey study was to investigate the reasons and causes of low willingness of rural youth for agricultural employment in Bouinzahra Township. The target population of consisted of all rural youth of 15-24 ages who live in rural areas. Based on Randomized multistage sampling method, 270 rural youth by using Cochran formula were selected for study. The research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire which its validity was verified by a panel of experts. The reliability of questionnaire was obtained by calculating alpha cronbach equals of 0.80. The analysis of data by SPSS revealed that difficulty of agricultural activities in comparison with other activities, low income of agricultural jobs in comparison with other jobs and low considerable support of rural sector by policymakers were ranked respectively very important. Factor analysis of Data revealed that four factors named as economical, attitudinal, social and educational explained 48.74% of youth unwillingness to employ in agricultural sector.