{"id":214,"date":"2023-01-07T08:16:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T08:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aasblogs.in\/index.php\/2023\/01\/07\/sericulture-as-an-agro-based-economic-enterprise-2\/"},"modified":"2023-01-07T08:16:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T08:16:59","slug":"sericulture-as-an-agro-based-economic-enterprise-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aasblogs.in\/index.php\/2023\/01\/07\/sericulture-as-an-agro-based-economic-enterprise-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sericulture as an agro based economic enterprise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sericulture is an agro based commercial industry which involves cultivation of host<br \/>\nplants (Mulberry) and rearing of silkworms for the production of cocoon to produce raw silk.<br \/>\n\uf0d8 Silk is referred as the \u201cQueen of Textiles\u201d. It is known for its qualities like luxury, class<br \/>\nand comfort.<br \/>\n\uf0d8 Silk has been involved with the life and culture of the Indians.<br \/>\nImportance of sericulture<br \/>\n\uf0d8 Sericulture plays a major role in rural employment and a very good commercial business.<br \/>\n\uf0d8 Lot of business opportunities are available in various fields of sericulture.<br \/>\n\uf0d8 It is practiced in various states of India especially in Assam, Jharkhand.<br \/>\n\uf0d8 Non-Mulberry sericulture is practiced in Assam, Jharkhand, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh.<br \/>\n\uf0d8 More than 8 million people are involved in sericulture.<br \/>\nWhy Sericulture?<br \/>\n\uf0fc Potential employment is generated in rural areas.<br \/>\n\uf0fc Suitable for Women workers.<br \/>\n\uf0fc Low gestation period.<br \/>\n\uf0fc High returns within short duration.<br \/>\n\uf0fc Mulberry plantation lasts 10-15 years.<br \/>\n\uf0fc Shorter crop duration i.e., 5-6 crops\/Year.<br \/>\n\uf0fc Most of the activities (garden, rearing, reeling, twisting and weaving) are household.<br \/>\n\uf0fc Mulberry is also a good fodder crop.<br \/>\nSILKWORM<br \/>\nBombyx mori L. is derived from the Latin name for the silkworm, the silk producing caterpillar<br \/>\nthat feeds on mulberry (Morus alba) leaves<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sericulture is an agro based commercial industry which involves cultivation of host plants (Mulberry) and rearing of silkworms for the production of cocoon to produce raw silk. \uf0d8 Silk is referred as the \u201cQueen of Textiles\u201d. It is known for its qualities like luxury, class and comfort. \uf0d8 Silk has been involved with the life [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aasblogs.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aasblogs.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aasblogs.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aasblogs.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aasblogs.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aasblogs.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aasblogs.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aasblogs.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aasblogs.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}