A STUDY ON IVIANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY CF SERICULTURISTS IN NORTH KARNATAKA
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2007-08-29
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University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Banglore
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A study on management efficiency of sericulturists in North
Karnataka was conducted during 2005-06 involving 120 sericulturists
from 12 villages of Athani, Chikodi and Hukkeri taluks in Belgaum district.
The findings of the study were : Majority (71.66%) of the respondents
had medium level of management efficiency. The components of
management efficiency like knowledge about improved sericulture, skills
acquired, ability to mobilize resources, efficient use of resources, timely
adoption, ability rational marketing and competence in evaluation in all
these aspects majority of sericulturists were belonged to medium level of
category.
Majority (62.50%) of the sericulturists were middle aged, educated
upto primary and middle school (43.34%). Nearly 90 per cent of
sericulturists had experience of more than five years in sericulture, fifty
eight per cent of them had medium risk orientation and possessed medium
land holding (60.83%). Almost all the sericulturists possessed sericultural
equipments, rearing stands, leaf cutting knives, rearing trays and
mountages. Sixty per cent of sericulturists were rearing in separate room
in dwelling house. Thirty seven per cent of sericulturists are participated
in training programme, majority of them contact with sericultural
demonstrator, sixty two per cent of sericulturists were participating in
Krishimela. Radio (50.80%), television (57.50%), newspaper (39.00%) and
farm magazine (15.00%) were possessed by sericulturists.
Except age. all the independent variables had positive and
significant relationship wit;h management efficiency. The benefit cost ratio
of sericulturists was 1 : 1.68.
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