Vol. 12, Issue 4 (2023)

Author(s):
Gadhave AV, Puri SG and Nair RG

Abstract:
The study was conducted in Parbhani district. Three tahsils and four villages from each tahsils were selected purposively. Ten farmers from twelve villages were selected to comprise a sample of 120 respondents. In view with above objectives the ex post facto design was used for the present investigation. Collected data were classified, tabulated and analyzed by using statistical tools like frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, correlation coefficient. It was observed that majority of the sericulturists (65.00 percent) fell into middle age group category, more than one third (38.33 percent) of the respondents had middle school level of education category, more than half (51.66 percent) of the sericulturists had small type of land holding, Majority (76.67 percent) of the sericulturists belonged to medium area under mulberry, Majority (69.16 percent) of the sericulturists had sericulture + agriculture as occupation. It is also observed that majority (83.33 percent) of the sericulturists belonged to medium level of annual income category, majority (80.00 percent) of the sericulturist had well or tube well as the as the source of irrigation, majority (73.34 percent) of the sericulturists belonged to the medium level of social participation, majority (70.84 percent) of the sericulturists had medium level of extension contact, that majority (70.84 percent) of the respondents had medium kevel of market orientation, that majority (67.50 percent) of the sericulturists had medium level of risk orientation.