<p><em>This research objectives are</em><em>:</em><em> (1) to analyze characteristics </em><em>and </em><em>qualification of the </em><em>farmer</em><em> youth</em><em>, (2) to explain the implication of famer youth qualification</em><em>. The research population </em><em>are</em><em> all youth in East Java. The technique of data collecting </em><em>was</em><em> cluster sampling. The number </em><em>of </em><em>respondent</em><em>s</em><em> are 251 of youth. The descripti</em><em>ve</em><em> </em><em>and c</em><em>orrespondency data analysis</em><em> was </em><em>used </em><em>to analyse the data</em><em>. The research results were: (1) The degree of </em><em>farmer</em><em> youth education is low category (2) The qualification of </em><em>farmer</em><em> youth that have activity in agricultural sector is lower than rural youth that have activity in non agricultural sector</em><em>, (3) Farmer youth need facilitation to grow and develop their competencies.</em></p><p><em></em><em><br /></em></p>