The large scale employment and high income generation potential of sericulture has been well established by several earlier studies. Every acre of sericulture practiced under irrigated conditions had a potential to employ 247 men and 193 women round the year. The studies also showed that the small scale mulberry farms provided ample scope for employment of owned family labour and suggested its potential to solve the problem of seasonal unemployment. Female labour is quite dominant in all sericultural activities, to an extent of nearly 50%.
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