Vol. 17 No. 1
Employment potential of mulberry sericulture: A case study of Karnataka
Author(s): J. R. DASAR, A. SAHA, SELVARAJU N.G AND P. TEWARY
Abstract: Karnataka is the leading state in mulberry sericulture. The activities involved in cocoon production for mulberry cultivation and silkworm rearing are avenues of high employment generation and hence focussed in the present study. Chitradurga, Kolar and Koppal districts from different geographical regions were selected. The employment generation in sericulture was collected through personal interview method during 2018-19, from 60 respondents. Tabular analysis, functional analysis, frequency, percentage method and trend analysis were used. General Linear Model (GLM) was constructed to identify the factors influencing employment and labour productivity was estimated. The average employment generated in the state per acre per annum was 584 man days. Around 48 per cent farmers have generated employment of about 500 to 600 days. The labour-output ratio proved the significant contribution of labour for profitable sericulture. The variability in employment is explained significantly by man days, area, experience and disease free layings (dfls) reared. The findings suggest that encouraging farmers to take up mulberry in a sustainable manner by diversifying the cropping systems will significantly improve the standard of living.
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