CULTIVATION AND MARKETING OF LAC IN NAMKUM AND ANGARA BLOCKS OF RANCHI DISTRICT IN JHARKHAND
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2019
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Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi
Abstract
The study entitled cultivation and marketing of lac in Namkum and Angara blocks of Ranchi
districts in Jharkhand was carried out at the center for agribusiness management, Birsa
agricultural university Kanke Ranchi during the year 2019. The present study was conducted
under 40 lac producers from 2 villages Narayan soso and Garsul from Angara and Namkum
blocks respectively. Most of the farmers (60%) were belongs to age group of 30-40 years, about
(60%) farmers were litirate and 35% were illiterate, mostly females (80%) were involved in lac
cultivation. The living standard of the lac growers improved in terms of education, transportation
facilities and communication media after introduction of lac cultivation. Mostly kusum and ber
used as lac host plant and mostly kusumi verity (82.5%) was used by lac growers. The annual
income of the lac grower (30%) was increased after adoption of lac practices. While the
constraints of lac farming were an uncertain weather condition, pest attack and lac of organized
market. To increase the income and to solve the problems of lac farmers the government should
provide training, loan facility, organized market, storage facilities, and transportation facilities,
so that farmers should not forced to sale their product at low price due to lack of these facilities
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CULTIVATION AND MARKETING OF LAC IN NAMKUM AND ANGARA BLOCKS OF RANCHI DISTRICT IN JHARKHAND