Analysis of production and productivity of Silkworm rearing units and the constraints faced by Sericulture farmers in Krishnagiri District of Tamil Nadu
*Lingavarayan. T. and 2R Selva Kumar
Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu - 608 002 India E-mail of the corresponding author: lingavarayan1996@gmail.com Mobile of the corresponding author: +91-86100 55819 India
ABSTRACT
The main aim of the study is to determine the temporal performance in the trends of mulberry area, production and productivity of cocoon and to measure the instability and determine the constraints involved in the production and marketing above mentioned variables. The present study was carried out in Krishnagiri district which ranks first in the area of mulberry cultivation and silkworm cocoon production for which the data was collected through the secondary sources alongside Tamil Nadu data. As per the data, the area under mulberry was prevalent in the taluks of Shoolagiri, Veppanapalli, and Hosur which were ranked first, second, and third respectively. The blocks with the most mulberry cover were chosen from the three taluks above. Ninety farmers were chosen. The primary data were collected first hand by the researcher. The results indicated instability in all the three variablesProduction, Productivity and Area of mulberry cultivation. The constraints in production and marketing of the mulberry and cocoon were obtained from the sample farmers and ranked through the means of Garret’s ranking technique