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Yield gaps in mulberry sericulture in Karnataka: An econometric analysis [1]

Mulberry sericulture is a labour-intensive industry in all its phases, namely, cultivation of silkworm food plants, silkworm rearing, silk reeling and other post cocoon processes. In the global context, silk accounts for about 0.2 per cent of total textile fiber production. However, in value terms, silk stands for high value export oriented items in the world trade. Oct-Dec 2007

Publication Date: 
01/10/2007
S. Lakshmanan [2]
Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics [3]
62
4
623
Tags:
Sericulture [4], Mulberry [5], Trade [6], Farmers [7], Exports [8], Karnataka [9], Mandya (D) [10], Statistics [11]
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