Factors Influencing Capital Formation In Sericulture -- An Economic Analysis.

Autor: Sandhya, C. R., Srinivasa, G., Rahmathulla, V. K., Rajan, R. K.
Zdroj: Journal of the Textile Association; May/Jun2010, Vol. 71 Issue 1, p11-13, 3p, 1 Chart
Abstrakt: The accumulation of savings and later on conversion in to capital formation is one of the critical and important factors for the development of any industry. Sericulture as a biological industry is contributing a lot to farmer's income levels in the rural areas. The sericulture enterprise is proved to be the major income and savings contributing enterprise for the farmers. There is limited information available on the conversion of these income and savings in to capital in sericulture. Hence, the present investigation was carried out to understand the level of capital formation in sericulture and the factors responsible there of. For the purpose, primary data were collected from 90 randomly selected sericulturists in Mandya district of Karnataka spread over three taluks. Structured schedules were prepared to collect data through personal interview method. The results indicated that the factors like area under mulberry in small and medium farmers category, technology adoption and cocoon yield in case of small and large farmers category and labour employed in medium farmers category were found to be influencing capital formation positively and significantly. The study concludes by saying that the sustainability of sericulture enterprise could be achieved in the study area by strong market linked credit policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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