Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper

AN ANALYSIS OF POTENTIALITY AND PROFITABILITY OF THESERICULTURE FARMERS FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODGENERATION IN THE KAMRUP DISTRICT OF ASSAM, INDIA

Pulak Rabha, Lohit Ch. Dutta and Monimala Saikia

Abstract

A study was conducted during 2019-20 in the Kamrup district of Assam to know the potentiality andprofitability of sericulture for sustainable livelihood generation. A total of 20 numbers of respondents wereselected randomly from each village and 40 numbers in each block. Total 120 respondents were selectedfrom the 3 development blocks. Personal interview method using standardized structured interview schedulewas used for primary data collection. Analysis of data was done by using frequency and percentage. Theresults from the study depicted that majority (37.20%) of the respondent’s opted ‘insurance scheme’ as ameasure for potentiality and ‘by-product utilization’ (20.83%) as a measure for profitability of sericulturefor sustainable livelihood generation. Majority (60.83%) of the farmers’ opted ‘cocoon + silk yarn’ as theirmost profitable sericulture based perception.