ADOPTION LEVEL OF IMPROVED PRACTICES AMONG SERICULTURE FARMERS OF KOLAR AND CHIKKABALLAPUR DISTRICTS IN KARNATAKA

M.V. SRINIVASA REDDY¹*, IMRANKHAN JIRAGAL², M. PAPIREDDY³, P. VENKATRAMANA^4
1College of Sericulture, Chintamani, 563125, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore, 560 065, Karnataka, India
²College of Sericulture, Chintamani, 563125, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore, 560 065, Karnataka, India
³College of Sericulture, Chintamani, 563125, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore, 560 065, Karnataka, India
⁴College of Sericulture, Chintamani, 563125, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore, 560 065, Karnataka, India
* Corresponding Author : mvsreddy43@gmail.com

Received : 30-07-2019     Accepted : 27-08-2019     Published : 30-08-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 16       Pages : 8929 - 8931
Int J Agr Sci 11.16 (2019):8929-8931

Keywords : Sericulture, Tree type mulberry and improved practices
Academic Editor : Saikia Monimala
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to College of Sericulture, Chintamani, 563125, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore, 560 065, Karnataka, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Sericulture is one of the promising enterprises supporting agriculture. It is a labour intensive, employment creating and income generating agro based industry providing gainful employment to 8.51 million mostly rural people. The present study was conducted in Siddlagahatta and Srinivasapur taluks of Chikkaballapur and Kolar districts of Karnataka during 2017-18. It is reported that, 51 percent of sericulture farmers possessed medium overall adoption followed by 32 percent had high adoption and 17 percent had low overall adoption level of improved sericulture practices. Ten independent variables fitted in Multiple regression and indicated that 61. 30 percent of the variation in the adoption of sericulture practices.

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