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International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2019, Volume : 7, Issue : 2
First page : (574) Last page : (581)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.7583

Socio-Economic Status of Sericulture Farmers under Rainfed Condition in Chamarajanagar District, Karnataka State

M. Raju¹, B. Sannappa^2* and K. G. Manjunath^3
1Department of Sericulture, College of Agriculture UAS (B), V.C. Farm, Mandya, India
²Department of Studies in Sericulture Science, University of Mysore Mysuru, India
³Department of Sericulture, Yuvaraja’s College, University of Mysore, Mysuru, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: drbsannappa@gmail.com
Received: 15.03.2019 | Revised: 22.04.2019 | Accepted: 27.04.2019  

 ABSTRACT

Sericulture is a labour intensive, profitable with very low input that gives a regular income to the farmers’. Among the factors that contribute for successful cocoon production, socio-economic factors play an important role in determining the knowledge and adoption levels of sericulture technologies for production of mulberry and cocoons. An investigation has been conducted to know the socio-economic condition of sericulture farmers under rainfed condition in Chamarajanagar district (Chamarajanagar and Gundlupet Taluks) of Karnataka state, India. The farmers of the study area were categorized into small (n=8), medium (n=91) and big farmers (n=21) based on the mulberry land holdings. Majority of the farmers belong to old age group (above 55 years) (45.83%) and very few farmers belong to young age (10.00%). In respect of education level, majority of the farmers belong to illiterate group (51.67%) and very few farmers had college level of education (11th Std. and above) (2.50%). Family size of farmers were grouped into three categories namely small (<2 members), medium (3-4 members) and big farmers (>5 members) and majority of the respondent farmers possess medium family size (63.33%) and few farmers holds small family (5.00%). In respect of social participation of farmers, large group of farmers did not evince interest in social activities, however only few farmers were actively involved in milk cooperative societies (10.00%). With respect to usage of mass media, majority of the farmers view television (85.83%). In the study area, majority of the farmers did not involve in extension activities, while very few farmers involved once in a while and more than once in extension activities.

Key words: Chamarajanagar, Education, Extension activities, Mass media, Social participation.

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Cite this article: Raju, M., Sannappa, B. and Manjunath, K. G., Socio-Economic Status of Sericulture farmers under Rainfed Condition in Chamarajanagar District, Karnataka State, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci. 7(2): 574-581 (2019). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.7583