Vol. 8, Special Issue 11, Part I (2024)

The present study was conducted in Marathwada region of Maharashtra state during the year 2023-24 with the objective to know constraints faced and suggestions given by the sericulturist in adoption improved sericultural production practices. For the study Jalna district was selected from Maharashtra state. 12 villages were selected randomly from the respective talukas from Jalna district and 10 respondents from each village were selected purposively from the list of beneficiaries of sericultural beneficiaries of Jalna district constituting the sample size of 120. Ex-post-facto research design was used for the study. Data was gathered using a well-structured interview schedule. To interpret constraints faced and to draw conclusions, statistical tools such as frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and coefficient correlation were used. Respondents were asked through interview schedule to provide their thoughts on constraints faced and suggestions given while adopting improved sericultural production practices. The primary constraint faced by respondents was the strong emphasis on traditional practices (87.50 %) and primary suggestion given by respondents was that the farmers should be informed about updated technologies (83.33%).