SERICUL TURE AND THE PROCESS OF CHANGE - Institute for ...

income by leasing their sericulture land to other sericulturists 4 .
Sericulture forms as a primaI)' source of income for a majority of the
sericulture households in Seripura. However, for about three fifths of the
households, the income at the primaI)' level comes from sources other
than agriculture and sericulture.
Wage labour brings cash for about half the number of the
households. either as a primaI)' source or as an additional source. It is a
primaI)' source of income for about 30 per cent of the households.
~otably,
there are 8 per cent of the families who totally depend on the
wage labour alone for their livelihood and cash requirements. A similar
per cent of households depend on agriculture alone for their cash
requirements while about 2 per cent has only sericulture as their source
of income.
Apart from these, about 10 per cent of the households draw
income from business activities including petty shops and tea stalls.
Another 15 per cent benefit from salaried services like teaching, driving,
etc. About 12 per cent are benefited from other activities including
traditional labour.
Today, traditional and subsistence agriculture is increasingly
complemented with modem and commercial agriculture. Table no. 3.3
brings out the extent of subsistence and commercialisation of agriculture
in Seripura. As seen in the table, about two per cent of the
4
There are two households in Seripura, which have leased out their mulberry
lands to other sericultunsts
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