Scenario of sericulture industry in Maharashtra State, India
Hiware Chandrashekhar Jalba
Abstract
Sericulture is one of the oldest industries in India and Asia. Sericulture is an agro-cottage, forest based industry, labor intensive and commercially attractive economic activity falling under the cottage and small-scale sector. The silk is the final product of this industry. It particularly suits to rural population working with agriculture, entrepreneurs and artisans as it requires low investment with potential for relatively higher returns. It provides income and employment to the rural poor especially, farmers with small land-holding and marginalized and weaker sections of the society.
Maharashtra is a nontraditional sericulture state producing
…show more content…
The bivoltine sericulture development has been one of the priority sectors of Indian silk industry but its production is yet to meet the targets. Women play a dominant role in this sector, as the activities are mostly home-based. Women have been contributing to all the sectors of Sericulture starting from on-farm activities to fabric production, marketing and consumption. The involvement of women in different activities of Sericulture is well above 53 per cent
Gangopadhyay, 2008 [1].
This paper mainly focused on socio- economic development, employment generation, and sericulture sector activities in the state. Sericulture industry requires low investment and it helps to earn higher returns in short gestation period, due to this the farmers are getting attracted to this sector and it is a best tool to improve the rural economy as well as to improve their living standards. It is a boon to the rural population associated with agriculture and helping them to avoid suicidal attempts by earning very good amounts throughout the year.
Keywords: Sericulture, agro-cottage based industry, employment generation, socio-economic development, Raw silk, Maharashtra state etc.
Under National Agro-Food Policy, agriculture sector has been identified as a National Key Result Area. Under this initiative, the agriculture sector is targeted to increase the Gross National Income by RM28.9 Billion (USD9.1 billion) to reach RM49.1 billion (USD15.4 billion) by 2020. The agricultural sector is also targeted to create more than 109,000 job opportunities by 2020, primarily in the rural areas.
There are three different sectors: primary, secondary and tertiary. Primary sector is from where the products are being
Handloom industry is one of Economic generation organization for India because people in india give more preference to their traditional culture. The handloom industry is next after the agriculture for providing livelywood for the people. The government has given the importance to the industry by promoting handloom products and special intrest in export of the handloom products.The Office of the Development Commissioner for Handlooms has been implementing a various units through out the India to provide the job opportunity to the weavers.
Indian groups have adopted agriculture. The ability to grow crops has a huge implication for the
South Asia is one of the most densely populated regions of the world, where despite a slow growth, agriculture remains the backbone of rural economy as it employs one half to over 90 percent of the labor force. Both extensive and intensive policy measures for agriculture
The Chinese invented silk more than 2,100 years ago. The Chinese didn’t’ just invent silk; they mastered the technique of
What parts of the process of making silk should be considered “skilled labor”? The parts of the process of making silk that should be considered “skilled labor” would be when Sunia is testing the leaves of the mulberry tree, when the women made the baskets to collect the frozen eggs, when the women pushed the silkworms into the baskets, when the women had to prepare “twirls of straw rice”(Silk), when the spinners began to work, when the women had to remove the chrysalid skins from the cocoons, and when the cocoons where made into mats of silk. All of these should be considered “skilled labor” because a person has to know what they are doing and how to do it in order to make the silk
The agriculture field is one of the biggest employers, employing over 155 million people in the United States. What do you think about when you hear the word “agriculture?” Many people would say farming, but this is not the most common occupation in this field. Farmers make up a fraction of the agricultural jobs at 900,000, but over 2.1 million people own, rent, and claim farming as a primary source of income. The average farm size has dropped from 460 acres in 1990 to 418 acres in 2007, while the average age of this occupation rose to 57, making this one of the older workforces in the United States.
- Economic return: Net returns to farmers per Hectare from growing Sugar cane are high. From Exhibit 9 with nominal cash flow of a crop life cycle ( 4 years), the total return of one hectare is 6,900 (000'VND) and net present value is 3,841 (000'VND) with nominal discount rate 13.3%/year. Compare to coffee and rubber, sugar cane need only one year to revenue.
In the 1990’s foreign donor agencies enabled the formation of new women-oriented NGO’s. Self help groups such as Self Employed Women’s Empowerment (SEWA) have played a major role in the advancement of women’s rights in India. Many women such as Medha Patkar of the Narmada Bachao Andolan have emerged as the leaders of local
The process of silk making is a long and arduous process. You can see in the example of Figure 1, that it shows the process of how the Chinese created silk from the start to the finish. It would go through of raising the silkworm until it becomes a cocoon. This cocoon would then be taken by hand and slowly extract the actual silk from it. In order to produce any significant amount of silk, large quantities of these cocoons would have to be extracted in order to make any kind of progress. It would then be stored and used later on to make fantastic works of art.
Besides the turnover derived from accommodation, catering and leisure activities, as well as from the direct selling of local traditional and home made products and crafts, Agrotourism has brought also other beneficial effects, such as the restoration of the architectural and cultural heritage, the appreciation of the role of women in rural communities, the dignifying of the role of farmers in society or the fostering of cultural exchanges. Thus, the agrarian sector is not only a provider of material goods, but also of immaterial goods, especially those connected with culture, education, landscape, gastronomy, and the environment.
Growth in the agricultural sector has been driven by increased production of major food crops such as maize, sorghum and cassava, but the sector’s performance remains below potential. In turn, the services and industrial sectors have shown strong growth. The nascent banking sector and expanding telecommunications sector are key drivers behind services growth, while construction, electricity generation, manufacturing and mining are salient sub-sectors in industrial activity. Looking ahead, the banking and telecommunication sectors will continue to support services growth, while increased electricity generation capacity will benefit the expansion of the manufacturing
Sericulture, or silk farming, is the rearing of silkworms for the production of raw silk. Although there are several commercial species of silkworms, Bombyx mori is the most widely used and intensively studied. According to Confucian texts, the discovery of silk production byB. mori dates to about 2700 BC, although archaeological records point to silk cultivation as early as the Yangshao period (5000 – 3000 BCE).[1] About the first half of the 1st century AD it had reached ancient Khotan,[2] and by AD 140 the practice had been established in India.[3] Later it was introduced to Europe, the Mediterranean and other Asiatic countries. Sericulture has become one of the most important cottage industries in a number of countries like China,
Agriculture is a vital part of society, and Agribusiness is of course the business behind it. While agricultural needs were different in ancient times, farming was always necessary. With agriculture came the domestication of plants and animals. This domestication allowed the human civilization to flourish. With time, new technologies and lifestyles changed the course of agriculture.