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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2020, Volume : 8, Issue : 3
First page : (428) Last page : (436)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8152

Value Addition at Different Levels of Silk Industry in Tamil Nadu- An Economic Analysis

D. Elumalai^1*, P. Mohanraj², R. Ramamoorthy³, C. Mohan⁴ and B. Poovizhiraja^5
1,2,3Department of Sericulture, Forest Collage and Research Institute,
Mettupalayam, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
⁴Department of Agricultural Entomology, Palar agricultural college, Ambur, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
⁵Department of Plant Protection, Agricultural Collage and Research Institute, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: elu8032@gmail.com
Received: 2.05.2020  |  Revised: 9.06.2020   |  Accepted: 17.06.2020 

 ABSTRACT

Sericulture activities are highly successive and judicious in nature. Value addition of different stages of silk industry like mulberry cultivation, silkworm rearing, reeling, twisting, dying and weaving. Every stage is income generating in silk industry like sericulturists to weavers.  The study result showed that the estimate is made on the basis of one kilogram of silk produced, i.e. inputs to produce one kg of silk yarn and this amount is used to make final barcode type of silk saree.  The produce one kilogram of silk, it requires total expenditure Rs.1758.35. From these inputs, 6.94 kg of cocoons were produced and could be sold at Rs. 2498.40. Farmers were able to make Rs. 740.05 as value addition in rearing cocoon. As far as reelers, amount of 6.94kg cocoons purchased at Rs. 2490.40, they can make 1.06 kg of raw silk that sold at a value of Rs. 3339.00.  As for twisters, from 1.04 kg raw silk as input (Rs. 3339), they make one kg of twisted silk and sold for Rs. 3604.00 per kg, which leads to an Rs.108.36 as margin for value addition. For dyers, bought twisted silk for Rs.3604 to make 1.02 kg of dyed silk which was sold at a value of Rs.3922. Dyers got Rs.84.80 from value addition in the dying process.  From one kg of dyed silk @ Rs.3922, weavers could make one saree and sold at Rs.13713.11. Total value addition in this process was Rs.4626.42.  

Keywords: Sericulture, Silk industry, Cultivation, Mulberry

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Cite this article: Elumalai, D., Mohanraj, P., Ramamoorthy, R., Mohan, C., & Poovizhiraja, B. (2020). Value Addition at Different Levels of Silk Industry in Tamil Nadu- An Economic Analysis, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 8(3), 428-436. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8152