MANAGEMENT OF PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF MULBERRY SILK COCOON - A STUDY IN CHIKKABALLAPUR DISTRICT OF KARNATAKA STATE
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2021-01-21
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The present study was conducted in Sidlaghatta taluk of Chikkaballapur district of Karnataka state to analyse the backward and forward linkages of sericulture enterprise; economics of silkworm rearing; marketing of silk cocoons; and production and marketing constraints faced by sericulture farmers. Majority of the sample sericulture farmers procured chawki worms from private chawki centres located in Yenagunte and Mallasandra villages of Hoskote taluk; and Irigenahalli village of Devanahalli taluk. The
total cost and gross returns realised by sample sericulture farmers by rearing a crop of 100 DFLs (chawki worms) was Rs. 32,590.03/- and Rs. 39,172.56/-, respectively, resulting in net returns of Rs. 6,582.53/-. Among the variable costs, mulberry leaves was the major cost accounting for about 37 per cent of the total variable cost followed by labour cost (31.95 %), cost of chawki worms (11.70 %), interest on working capital (8.26 %), etc. The sale of cocoons accounted for about 90 per cent of the gross returns followed by silkworm larval litter / manure (5.24 %), mulberry crop waste / fodder (3.22 %) and low quality cocoons (1.16 %). The benefit cost ratio was found to be 1.20. About 73 per
cent of the silkworm rearers sold cocoons in Government Silk Cocoon Markets. The major production and marketing constraints faced by sericulture farmers were inadequate availability of skilled labour and price fluctuation, respectively. The authority concerned may explore the possibility of fixing Minimum Support Price (MSP) for silk cocoons so as to ensure a remunerative price to sericulture farmers.
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