ADOPTION LEVEL OF SERICULTURE FARMERS TOWARDS IMPROVED SERICULTURE PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY IN UDALGURI BLOCK OF UDALGURI DISTRICT, ASSAM

Sericulture, the production of raw silk by means of raising caterpillars. Sericulture is our important agro-based rural industry that helps our economy and generates higher income and employment. It is practiced in a wide range of agro-climatic regions like forests, hilly areas and plains. In fact, the recent technological advancements have made it possible to practice it on an intensive scale, mainly due to increased profits obtained from it as compared to most of the crops and enterprises. Sericulture has a special place among the agro-based cottage industry of our country. The government of India initiated various programmes to promote sericulture in the country, following which sericulture took a rapid slide towards progress, emerging as one of the most economically viable, small scale agro-based industries. Hence the present study was undertaken to find out the adoption level of the sericulture farmers towards improved sericulture technology with respect to socio-economic profile of the farmers of Udalguri block of Udalguri district, Assam. The study revealed that most of the respondents (43.33%) had medium level of Adoption followed by low (28.34%) and high (28.33%).