Vol. 3 (5) : September-October 2012 issue
Green Farming Vol. 3 (5) : 597-600 (September-October, 2012)
Cluster promotion programme and its impact on cocoon production and socio-economic status of sericulturists
M.T. HIMANTHARAJa1*, A. UMESHAa2, JAISHANKARb3 and S.M.H. QADRIc4
aResearch Extension Centre, Maraghatta, NH-4, Chikapura (Post), Chitradurga – 577 520 (Karnataka)
bRegional Sericultural Research Station, Kodathi, Bangalore – 560 035 (Karnataka)
cCentral Sericultural Research and Training Institute, Srirampura, Mysore- 570 008 (Karnataka)
Designation : 1,3Scientist-'D' *(himantharaj@gmail.com), 2Scientist-'B', 4Director
Subject : Agriculture Extension Education
Paper No. :
Total Pages : 4
Received : 04 July 2012
Revised accepted : 10 September 2012
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Citation :
M.T. HIMANTHARAJ, A. UMESHA, JAISHANKAR and S.M.H. QADRI. 2012. Cluster promotion programme and its impact on cocoon production and socio-economic status of sericulturists. Green Farming Vol. 3 (5) : 597-600 ; September-October, 2012
ABSTRACT
During the period from 2009 – 2012, Cluster promotion programme (CPP) was implemented in Chitadurga district of Karnataka to increase bivoltine raw silk production. During the year 2009-10, 44,750 dfls of bivoltine hybrids were distributed to 219 farmers, recorded an average cocoon yield of 59.8 kg/100 dfls, in the year 2010-11, 72,200 dfls were supplied to 200 farmers, obtained cocoon yield of 61.13 kg/100 dfls, and in the year 2011-12, 85,050 dfls were supplied to 409 farmers, harvested an average cocoon yield of 62.7 kg/100 dfls against bench mark cocoon yield of 50.5 kg/100 dfls. Percentage of defective cocoons was 7.85 in 2009-10, 5.54 in 2010-11 and 4.08 % in 2011-12. The cocoons produced by the adopted rearers fetched higher price in cocoon market.
Key words :
Bivoltine sericulture, Cluster promotion programme, Cocoon production, Cocoon quality.
