Vol. 2 (4) : July-August 2011 issue
Green Farming Vol. 2 (4) : 500-501 (July-August, 2011) (New Series)
Constraints and non-adoption of sericulture among rural masses in Poonch district of J & K
AMARDEV SINGHa1*, CHIKKANAb2, M.T. HIMANTHARAJc3 and MOHAN RAM RAOb4
aDeptt. of Sericulture, Govt. Degree College, Poonch - 185 101 (J & K)
bCentral Sericultural Research and Training Institute, Mysore - 570 008 (Karnataka)
cResearch Extension Centre, CSB, Chitradurga - 577 520 (Karnataka)
Designation : 1Lecturer, I/C, H.O.D. (amardevsingh43@gmail.com), 2,3Scientist-D, 4Scientist-C *Correspondence
Subject : Sericulture
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AMARDEV SINGH, CHIKKANA, M.T. HIMANTHARAJ and MOHAN RAM RAO. 2011. Constraints and non-adoption of sericulture among rural masses in Poonch district of J & K. Green Farming Vol. 2 (4) : 500-501 (July-August, 2011) (New Series)
ABSTRACT
A study was carried out at Jhalas village of Poonch district on problems faced and reasons for non-adoption of sericulture among farmers. A total of 30 farmers were selected randomly through well prepared structure schedule by personal interview method. The data indicated that major problem faced in sericulture is climatic disturbances and shortage of skilled labour 90 and 80 percent respectively. In addition, it was also noticed that most of the farmers expressed various reason for non-adoption of sericulture the major one was lack of knowledge about sericulture and non-availability of mulberry plants 100 and 83 percent respectively.
Key words :
Non-adoption, problems, sericulture.
