Performance of large scale farming in sericulture - An economic analysis

  • 30/09/2008

  • Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics

India is the second largest producer of mulberry raw silk, next only to China accounting more than 15 per cent of the global raw silk production. This study was carried out in Tamil Nadu, which is one of the largest silk producing states in India. In Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore district was purposively selected for the study, as it is a traditional and major cocoon producing district with a greater number of large-scale farmers practicing sericulture.