• Dr. T. P. Shinde

ABSTRACT: Sericulture is a very important agro based cottage industry in India. It provides regular short term income for small and marginal farmers. Mulberry cultivation, silkworm rearing, marketing of cocoons, silk reeling, silk weaving, printing, dyeing, grain age activity and research and development in all the above mentioned areas provide enormous opportunity for income generation in India. 126 Though India ranks next to China in mulberry silk production, the quality and quantity of the silk produced need tremendous enhancement. Sericulture industry has the potential of providing employment and income generation to the farmers, particularly rural women. India stands second only to China in silk production, which contributes around 85 percent of the global produce, whereas India's contribution is 13 percent. Karnataka stands first in sericulture, second is Andhra Pradesh and then comes Maharashtra on third place in the country and in Satara District. In the present paper an attempt has been made to bring out the Spatial Distribution of Sericulture Cluster and Sericulture Plantation in Satara district is. The study is based on Primary and secondary data.

Key wards: Sericulture, Mulberry cultivation, silkworm rearing, Satara district.

"SERICULTURE FARMING IN SATARA DISTRICT OF MAHARASHTRA STATE: A GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no.82-88, December-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812710.pdf

"SERICULTURE FARMING IN SATARA DISTRICT OF MAHARASHTRA STATE: A GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no. pp82-88, December-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812710.pdf