Sri Lanka, Oct. 2 -- There was a time when village youth dreamed of the 'big city' as their destination for a good life. But, that was a time of under-development and little business outside the metropolis other than traditional farming and the village kade. Over 80 percent of rural youth were drifting into the city in search of income avenues.

Today, thanks to gradual development and business dynamism, the trend is reversing - youth are coming back home or, are staying back in the village lured by the business prospects of modern agri-business.

Youth, who left agriculture for better prospects in other sectors are now beginning to return to the age-old occupation that has sustained communities for generations, for centuries - farming. A...