30Nov 2017

BIO-DIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND EMPLOYMENT GENERATION BY SERICULTURE AT- RAIGARH (C.G.) INDIA.

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Sericulture is an eco-friendly agro-based labor intensive and commercially attractive economic activity, falling under cottage and small-scale sector. Sericulture enterprise in its totality is a long chain industry from mulberry cultivation to fabric making. Sericulture plays a key role in the uplift of rural population both socially and economically. Sericulture is one of the prominent enterprises, which provided full time employment to the entire family, offering high income and better standard of living. Seri-biodiversity refers the variability in sericigenous or silk producing insects and their host plants. As in 2015-16 the total raw silk production in the country is 28523 MT and goes up to 30348 MT in 2016-17 with employment generation of 85.16 lakh person. Chhattisgarh has 27 districts and all the districts have Sericulture activities. Three types of sericulture activities viz., Tasar, Mulberry & Eri are being implemented by the State. Raigarh district has total area of 2022.6 ha Daba tasar farming under with production of 15,93,7,216 lakh cocoons 63, 6375 beneficiaries. In view of the importance of sericulture enterprise, the paper tries to enlighten and discuss the significance of sericulture and strategies to be taken for the employment generation in Indian sericulture industry. Present paper explores the possible employment opportunities derived from problem analysis in the study area. The paper highlights the sericulture is a way for livelihood opportunities in Raigarh district. The study concludes with some suggestions to improve the feasibility of sericulture in long term

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[Santosh k. Dewangan. (2017); BIO-DIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND EMPLOYMENT GENERATION BY SERICULTURE AT- RAIGARH (C.G.) INDIA. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Nov). 1480-1488] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

SANTOSH KUMAR DEWANGAN
CENTRAL GURU GHASIDAS UNIVERSITY, BILASPUR, CHHATTISGARH

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/5924      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/5924

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