An Economic Analysis of Mulberry Cultivation, Production and Marketing of Silk Cocoons in Northern Karnataka
| dc.contributor.advisor | G.N. Kulkarni | |
| dc.contributor.author | Dyavappa C.O. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-11-22T12:59:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-11-22T12:59:16Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Sericulture is one of the important sub-sectors of India agriculture and plays an important role in the farm economy. The present study was attempted to analyse trends in mulberry area, cocoon production, and its productivity in the traditional and non-traditional districts and for the state as well for the period from 2001-02 to 2010-11. Costs and return structures, marketing of cocoon, constraints in sericulture were analyzed using primary data collected from a sample of 120 farmers of Belgaum and Bagalkot districts in north Karnataka. The Cobb-Douglas Production function, tabular approach and budgeting technique and Garrett’s ranking technique were employed to analyze the data. Annual growth rates estimated using exponential growth function w.r.t. mulberry area showed a decline both in traditional (4.09%) and non-traditional (3.70%) districts. The annual decline in area was significant at 3.38% for the state as a whole. There was also a decline in cocoon production (1.17%/annum) in the state during the period. While, there was a significant increase in per hectare productivity of cocoons for the state. The cost of cultivation of mulberry garden was worked out to be Rs. 12699.82/acre/rearing. Cost of silkworm rearing per acre per rearing for 300 dfls was relatively more in Bagalkot (Rs. 34,539.49) over Belgaum (Rs. 32,498.13). Net returns realized per acre per rearing and B:C ratio were more in case of Belgaum (Rs. 6432.96 and 1.19) when compared Bagalkot (Rs. 3900.83 and 1.11). Transportation cost was a major cost in cocoon marketing in both districts accounted for 24.85% of the total marketing cost of Rs. 1200.50/qunintal. The main constraints encountered by farmers revealed through Garrett’s score in mulberry cultivation were shortage of irrigation water and persistence of high temperatures that affected silk worm rearing during summer and high market price fluctuations was another major constraint in the cocoon marketing. Farmers with more than 2.00 acres farm size under mulberry having four crops per annum realized maximum profits. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/86934 | |
| dc.publisher | UAS, Dharwad | en_US |
| dc.research.problem | An Economic Analysis of Mulberry Cultivation, Production and Marketing of Silk Cocoons in Northern Karnataka | en_US |
| dc.sub | Agricultural Economics | en_US |
| dc.these.type | M.Sc | |
| dc.title | An Economic Analysis of Mulberry Cultivation, Production and Marketing of Silk Cocoons in Northern Karnataka | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |