Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture (ARYA) Scheme
Implemented by: ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research), Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare.
Objective:
The objectives of the ARYA project are
✅ To attract and empower the Youth in Rural Areas to take up various Agriculture, allied, and service sector enterprises for sustainable income and gainful employment in selected districts,
✅ To enable the Farm Youth to establish network groups to take up resource and capital intensive activities like processing, value addition, and marketing, and
✅ To demonstrate functional linkage with different institutions and stakeholders for convergence of opportunities available under various schemes/program for sustainable development.
