Impact of socio-economic characters of sericulturists on knowledge, adoption and cocoon production in Tamilnadu.

摘要

This study was conducted to find out the relationship between the socioeconomic characters of farmers on cocoon production and their knowledge and adoption of improved rearing technologies. The data collected from 100 sericulturists of Sathyamangalam and Gobichettipalayam taluks of Erode district in Tamil Nadu, India, revealed that both knowledge and adoption was significantly influenced by most of the socioeconomic characters except age, education and family size. Linear regression analysis showed the influence of socioeconomic characters on cocoon production. An important finding emerged from the study is that, the training undergone by the sericulturists had a positively significant influence on cocoon production.