Vol. 11, Special Issue 11 (2022)

Author(s):
Shabreentaj H, Ashalatha KV, Poornachandra S Harthy and DN Kambrekar

Abstract:
Sericulture is recognized as an important rural as well as cottage industry in India. It is the only cash crop that provides attractive incomes to the farming community in general, small and marginal farmers in particular and improves the standard of living and life style of the people in rural area by providing sufficient income opportunities of the rural people. The aim of the study was to determine the factors effecting on income generation in sericulture in the selected districts of Karnataka namely, Ramanagara, Chikkaballapur and Kolar districts. The study was exclusively based on secondary data. For the study fourteen years of data on area under mulberry, quantity of cocoons produced, price of cocoons and income was collected from the respective district office. The collected data was analyzed using statistical tools such as, correlation, simple linear regression and multiple linear regression. The paper finds the area under mulberry and price of cocoons are significant determinants in generating income in sericulture in all the districts.