1. STATUS OF SERICULTURE IN INDIA
AND TAMILNADU
-J.Delince
BSA-11-409

2. STATUS IN INDIA
 Second largest producer in the world
 Biggest consumer of raw silk and silk fabrics
 Due to it’s tropical climate we can get 4-5 crops
per annum
 It has been found that the benefit cost ratio of
sericulture is higher than any other agricultural
crops

4.  But the quality of the silk from multivoltine is
comparatively lesser than the bivoltine silk
 So it find harder to meet the international quality
standards
 Also we are finding harder to meet the domestic
demands itself

6. AREA(2011-2012)
 At the end eleventh plan the area under
sericulture was 1.83 lakh hectares
 Karnataka has highest area of about 70,958ha
 Followed by Andhra Pradesh of about 40,314ha
 Tamilnadu ranks three of about 14,593ha
 West bengal-13,557ha
 Jammu Kashmir – 7082ha
 Assam – 7074ha

7. SERICULTURE IN TAMILNADU
 In India Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu,
West Bengal and Jammu Kashmir are the states
where mulberry can be cultivated
 They occupy 97% of mulberry production and
95% of raw silk production in India
 Once in Tamilnadu the mulberry is grown in little
pockets of about 500 ha(in 1956) in coimbatore
and dharmapuri districts

8.  Due to cost saving techniques, use of chawki
worms, use of disinfectants made tremendous
improvement in this and now it is about 14,593
 And they are cultivated in Kancheepuram,
Kumbakonam, Arani, Salem, Coimbatore,
Madurai and Tirunelveli and also have weaving
centers with them
 Now more than 45,000 farmers are engaged in
this field

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