A STUDY ON SERICULTURAL PRACTICES AND MARKETING PROBLEMS FACED BY THE SERICULTURISTS OF BELGALM DISTRICT
| dc.contributor.advisor | M R, ANSARI | |
| dc.contributor.author | S, MANJU | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-02T15:11:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-11-02T15:11:21Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1997 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The study on sericultural practices and marketing problems faced by the sericulturists was conducted during 1996-97 involving 120 sericulturists from villages of Chikodi taluka in Belgaum district. The findings of the study were; 68.34 per cent of the respondents had medium level of knowledge about recommended sericultural practices. Majority of the sericulturists possess knowledge regarding mulberry variety (95.83%), soil (90%), pruning operation (90%), FYM application (87.5%), irrigation (87.50), nicotine effect (85%), spacing (75.83%), yield/100 DFLs (83.33%) and number of feedings per day (81.66%) The knowledge level was poor in pest and diseases management (20%), bed cleaning in shoot feeding method (16.66%) and bleaching powder for disinfection (10%). Cent per cent of the sericulturists adopted the age of setts for planting, application of FYM, irrigation, silk worm races, use of DFLs, chemicals for disinfection, feeding of silkworms, storage of leaves, feeding of tender leaves to chawki worms and bed cleaning. The extent of adoption was poor in application of chemical fertilizers, shoot feeding method, separate house for silkworm rearing and pest and diseases management. Sixty per cent of the sericulturists were literate. Nearly 90 per cent of the sericulturists had experience of more than 5 years in sericulture. Majority of them contact with sericultural demonstrator. Almost all the sericulturists possessed sericultural equipments; rearing stands, leaf cutting knives, gunny bags, rearing trays and mountages. Significant relationship was observed between knowledge and annual income. Recurring expenditure of the sericulturists during 1996 was Rs. 16942 and the net returns was Rs. 79336 from 604.15 kg of cocoon yield per hectare. Cent per cent of the sericulturists sold their cocoons through Government regulated markets (APMC'S). Inadequate power supply, water shortage and non availability of silk worm eggs were the major constraint in mulberry cultivation and silkworm rearing faced by the sericulturists. Majority of the sericulturists also expressed distant market place, no good price and problem of transportation are the major constraints in marketing of cocoons and hence preferred South Karnataka markets in Ramanagarm , Bangalore, Srinivaspura. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | No. of references 69 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810133937 | |
| dc.keywords | Tentatively, Ambiguity, Tabulated, Cultivation, Sericulture | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.pages | 148p. | en_US |
| dc.publisher | UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, DHARWAD | en_US |
| dc.research.problem | A STUDY ON SERICULTURAL PRACTICES AND MARKETING PROBLEMS FACED BY THE SERICULTURISTS OF BELGALM DISTRICT | en_US |
| dc.sub | Agricultural Extension Education | en_US |
| dc.subject | null | en_US |
| dc.theme | A STUDY ON SERICULTURAL PRACTICES AND MARKETING PROBLEMS FACED BY THE SERICULTURISTS OF BELGALM DISTRICT | en_US |
| dc.these.type | M.Sc | en_US |
| dc.title | A STUDY ON SERICULTURAL PRACTICES AND MARKETING PROBLEMS FACED BY THE SERICULTURISTS OF BELGALM DISTRICT | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |