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Indian Journal of Agricultural Research, volume 42 issue 3 (september 2008) : 157 -163

TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION AND TRAINING NEEDS OF SERICULTURE FARMERS-A CASE STUDY IN NGO

G.S. Geetha, R.G. Geetha Devi
1Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute, Mysore - 570 008, India

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Cite article:- Geetha G.S., Devi Geetha R.G. (2024). TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION AND TRAINING NEEDS OF SERICULTURE FARMERS-A CASE STUDY IN NGO. Indian Journal of Agricultural Research. 42(3): 157 -163. doi: .

ABSTRACT

Sericulture is a labour intensive, employment creating and income generating agro based cottage
industry. The silk industry by its nature is a cluster of many non-farm and on-farm activities and has
a strong need for many forward and backward linkages. The NGOs are one of the four important
agencies supporting the silk industry. They play a crucial role in mobilizing and motivating the rural
poor to take advantage of on-going projects through their meaningful participation.and socio economic
development. The data collected from the respondents reveal that greater numbers of respondents
were of middle age; majority of the respondents had medium level of knowledge and adoption. The
constraints for not adopting technologies are lack of knowledge, non-availability and high cost of the
technology. All the respondents have undergone training conducted by BIRD-K on the topic ‘Dry land
Sericulture. The role of NGO in improving the yield potentiality of the cocoons cannot be ignored.
Therefore the DOS (Department of Sericulture) should provide training and timely technical advice to
the NGOs. This will help not only for better and quicker diffusion of technologies but also for building
better rapport of NGO among the beneficiaries.

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