Economic Analysis of Sericulture in Nagpur District, India: Environmental Impact and Sustainable Management
A. G. Kadu, P. P. Baviskar, A. D. Dhunde
International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · pp. 565–569 · Published 21 Jul 2022
10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i1131007Abstract
The study is an attempt to assess the silkworm cocoon production and its profitability in Nagpur district of Maharashtra through structured survey during 2017-18 with a view to know socio economic characteristics of mulberry growers such as family type, education, family size, education status, land use pattern, and cropping pattern etc. were studied. Data pertains to the year 2017-18. The data were collected by using the multipurpose sampling design. The study was based on total 60 mulberry growers. It states that, the average size of the family worked out to 5 individuals per households. Out of which 2 mens, 2 women and 1 children, Where as 6.66% illiterate and 93.34% are literate. The possession of average land holding was 2.06 hectares. The gross cropped area was 3.73 hectares. The cropping intensity was found to be 195.28 per cent. In 2017-18 total area under mulberry cultivation in Nagpur district is 285 acre and per acre production of silk cocoon is 1.666 kg/yr. (District Sericulture Office, Nagpur).
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