author(s)
Jakkawad SR, NR Patange and RD Ahire

abstract
The present study was undertaken in the purposively selected Aurangabad District of Marathwada region as the area under Sericulture is increasing since last few years. Two talukas namely Paithan and Phulumbri were selected and two villages Kekat Jalgaon and Vihamandava from Paithan taluka and Dongargaon and Pimpalgaon from Phulambri taluka were selected purposively for the study. Twenty sericulturists were selected randomly from each of the village making a sample size of eighty respondents for the present study. The respondents were interviewed with the help of structured schedule prepared for the purpose. It is concluded that the respondents were in young age up to 35 years with high education status, marginal land holding up to 1 hectare and medium area under mulberry cultivation 0.31 to 0.40 hectare with three years of experience in cultivation and medium annual income of Rs 41501 to 161000/- with low social participation and medium use of information sources and high extension contact. Majority of the sericulturists were having medium level of adoption of sericulture practices.