Vol. 12, Special Issue 11 (2023)

Author(s):
Parivesh Singh Nirala, Dr. Prahlad Kumar Sangode, Ritu Swarnkar, Ram Ogre and Twinkle Handa

Abstract:
India stands as the globe's second-largest producer and key supplier of silk to global markets. Sericulture emerges as a vital solution for maintaining employment within rural areas, curbing migration to urban centers, and ensuring lucrative job opportunities. This practice demands modest investments while furnishing essential raw materials for the textile industry. The study was conducted during the 2021-22. focused on Baloda and Pamgarh blocks in the Janjgir-Champa district of Chhattisgarh state. These areas were chosen due to their high concentration of tasar cocoon beneficiaries and substantial program coverage. The research involved 150 tasar cocoon producers from the Tasar Development and Extension Programme's beneficiary list. The study depicts that awareness towards cocoon production, majority (96.67%) of respondents were fully aware about harvesting of cocoons and in awareness towards TDEP 97.73 percent respondents were fully aware about the subsidies given by the government to buy Disease Free laying’s and 98.00 percent of the respondents had been seeking information from Sericulture field officers for tasar cocoon production practices. In training programme, 73.33 percent of respondents had attained the ‘Silk Research and Development Training Programme’ and about marketing channel all the respondents sold their tasar cocoon through {Producer → Govt. agencies (cocoon bank)} marketing channel.