Focus on Economic Benefits and the Most Appropriate Strategy of Sericulture in Yuexi Area of Guangdong, China

Abstract

The research team investigated and analyzed the data of Yuexi silkworm rearing area in Guangdong province. Recently, the silkworm rearing farmers averagely got products from mulberry fields by 3547.65kg cocoons per hectare; the incomes rose to ¥73,363.8 (RMB) every hectare per year; for individual, the average income rose to ¥118,02.2 every year. In the five counties of Yuexi silkworm rearing area, the farmers in Huazhou input the least investment so that got higher silkworm diseases but they gained the best ratio of output and input as 365~376%; whereas that in Luoding, Yun’an and Suixi county, the number was 289.1~395%, 231.1~263% and 206.2~255.8%, respectively. However, in Gaozhou county, the farmers invested much more than the other counties which resulted in the lowest lost by silkworm diseases, unfortunately their ratio of output and input was low to 151~164%. Accompanied by the cost rising of agricultural materials and investments, silkworm rearing total cost increased by 16.54% and it cost ¥1,855 every household. The average productive cost account for 46.4% of income. The paper analyzed the situation in Yuexi silkworm rearing area faced, and proposed technical devices to further improve economic effectiveness with low ratio of productive cost which aims to promote quick and stable development of sericultural production.