Factors Affecting Rural Youth Interest in Agriculture in Probolinggo District Indonesia

The proportion of farmer households (RTP) to the total number of households has tended to decline during the last 10 years.The decline in agricultural households indicates that there is a proportionate decrease in the number of farmers and farm laborers.According to Kvartiuk et al. (2020); Swarts and Aliber (2013), stated that urbanization and aging rural populations contribute to skilled workers in agriculture worldwide.This decline illustrates the less interest in the agricultural sector as a place of livelihood.The decline in farmer households when followed by a decline in farmer performance and a decrease in agricultural land productivity will further complicate food security, especially food availability.In developing countries, youth are targeted in implementing a combination of agricultural values, technology, and entrepreneurship that will have a good impact on the strength of food security (Ripoll et al., 2017;Larsen and Lilleør, 2014).The element of food availability is one of the pillars of food security in addition to food distribution and food consumption / absorption.The decline in food security will be a contributor to a weak point in national resilience.Based on the report of the People's Coalition for Food Sovereignty, interest in becoming a farmer among youth is decreasing.There are several variables that influence parents to encourage their children to become farmers, among them is land ownership.Bezu and Holden (2014) stated that the majority of parents recognize that their farming is the main access for their children and believe that they need to inherit at least part of their land before they die.Other variables such as the commodity types (Sharma, 2007), crop sales pattern, net income (Kvartiuk et al., 2020), and the ability of parents to teach farming techniques to their children.According to (Onemolease and Alakpa, 2009), rural youth who obtain materials from agricultural extension agents have a greater chance of adopting plant technology.Apart from these variables, a youth also has social factors (Kvartiuk et al., 2020), level of education, economic (Kumar, 2010), psychology, and culture (Katie D. Ricketts, 2019; Inegbedion and Islam, 2020) that influenced his interest in becoming a farmer.Work environment factors also influence youth interest in becoming farmers.The condition of the industrial sector which does not absorb much labor will still encourage some youth to work in the agricultural sector.