ADOPTION LEVEL OF SERICULTURE FARMERS TOWARDS IMPROVED SERICULTURE PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY IN UDALGURI BLOCK OF UDALGURI DISTRICT, ASSAM

Abstract

: Sericulture, the production of raw silk by means of raising caterpillars. Sericulture is our
important agro-based rural industry that helps our economy and generates higher income and employment.
It is practiced in a wide range of agro-climatic regions like forests, hilly areas and plains. In fact, the recent
technological advancements have made it possible to practice it on an intensive scale, mainly due to
increased profits obtained from it as compared to most of the crops and enterprises. Sericulture has a special
place among the agro-based cottage industry of our country. The government of India initiated various
programmes to promote sericulture in the country, following which sericulture took a rapid slide towards
progress, emerging as one of the most economically viable, small scale agro-based industries. Hence the
present study was undertaken to find out the adoption level of the sericulture farmers towards improved
sericulture technology with respect to socio-economic profile of the farmers of Udalguri block of Udalguri
district, Assam. The study revealed that most of the respondents (43.33%) had medium level of Adoption
followed by low (28.34%) and high (28.33%).