Economics of Rainfed Sericulture-A Study in the District of Udaipur in Rajasthan, India

Abstract

Sericulture is a labour intensive agro-based rural industry, which provides  periodical income throughout the year. In view of this, it is very much  imperative to know the sericulture economics in order to motivate new farmers  to take up sericulture and increase their income. Therefore, a study was  conducted with the help of personal interview of 70 rainfed sericulture farmers  in Udaipur district of Rajasthan, India. The study concluded that in garden  establishment, highest share of cost was associated with human labour (INR  14,400.00) followed by that for FYM (INR 2418.75). Similarly human labour  (51.93%) accounted for highest element of cost in leaf production activities too  owing to high labour wages and shortage of manpower. Labour (25.33%) was  second major cost component next to mulberry leaf (38.64%) in silk cocoon  production. The average yield of silk cocoon obtained was 1289.04 kg/ha per  year. The net return obtained was INR 52039.32 and benefit cost ratio was 1.49.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjar.v37i1.11176

Bangladesh J. Agril. Res. 37(1): 49-54, March 2012