ADOPTION BEHAVIOUR OF THE SERICULTURE FARMERS TOWARDS NEW TECHNOLOGIES

New technologies have established their benefit in production of quality and quantity silk all over eastern and north eastern regions of India. Some technologies are yet to be adopted by the sericulture farmers for some constraints viz. Small land holder, inaccessibility of the product, socio-economic condition, lack of confidence negligence and unawareness. A study was conducted for 2 years in 2011-12 and 2012-13 to assess the behaviour of sericulture farmers in adoption of 18 No. of technologies evolved by this Institute. The pooled data collected for 12 months from April, 2012 to March, 2013 from 9 states revealed that adoption percentage of high yielding mulberry varieties from 37.78% in Manipur to 100% in West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim and Mizoram. Adoption of 2" x 2" spacing in mulberry field was observed as 16.13% in Odisha to 100% in W.B. and Sikkim. Biofertilizer was used to the extent of 11.11% in Manipur to 100% in Sikkim and Meghalaya. Adoption percentage of pest and disease management in Sikkim was 1.85% and 100% in Odisha followed by 68.68% in W.B. Concerning disinfection of rearing room with 5% bleaching powder solution, adoption of productive silkworm hybrids, incubation of disease free layings, recommended spacing in mountages and time of harvesting most of the states under study registered 100% adoption while the states like Sikkim, Mizoram and Manipur showed 100% adoption in chawki rearing.