• SUNDARA RAJ J
• S. AKHIL KUMAR
• W. KERENHAP EVANGELIN

New technology development and its proper dissemination play a vital role for the development and success of any agriculture/farm based activity. The recent technological breakthrough has made sericulture more sustainable and cost saving. The field study was conducted in six sericulture villages Alangulam, Pavoorchatram, Kadayanallur, Kadayam, Vasudevanallur and Sivagiri of Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu during 2014-2015, 2015-2016 to investigate the impact of new technologies on the production and productivity of sericulture. Sixty sericulturalists, ten from each village mentioned above, who are interested to follow and adopt the new technologies as advocated by the researcher were identified in consultation with the concerned officials of State Sericulture Department were selected for the present study. The highest improvement percentage of mulberry yield between before and after adoption was 21.27% whereas in cocoon yield the higher improvement percentage between before and after adoption was 32.16%. The analysis clearly depicts that the new technologies increases the production and productivity.

Sericulture, Improved Technologies, Cocoon, Adoption.

"IMPROVED TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR IMPACT ON MULBERRY LEAF AND COCOON PRODUCTION IN TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT OF TAMIL NADU, INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.218-221, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905A40.pdf

"IMPROVED TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR IMPACT ON MULBERRY LEAF AND COCOON PRODUCTION IN TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT OF TAMIL NADU, INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp218-221, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905A40.pdf