author(s)
M Aslam, AK Kant, RC Kimothi and PM Tripathi

abstract
Sericulture is well established agro based cottage industry in many parts of the country including Uttarakhand. The farmers of northern region of the country hesitate to grow mulberry on their prime land due to stiff competition with existing agricultural crops viz., wheat, paddy and sugarcane. However they have shown keen interest in sericulture as an additional alternative to improve upon their income. Sericulture may provide livelihood of low income rural folk at their door step. Sericulture, as a farm based enterprise, is quite suitable to small and marginal farmers’ with less capital investment. The diversified activities in avocation of sericulture provide opportunities to all the age group of the family to get themselves involved to earn their livelihood. Further, the integrated approach for the development of sericulture has been adopted. This paper discusses the progress made in cluster approach and future prospect of sericulture in Uttarakhand.