Factors influencing the participation of Guilan province sericulturists in developing value chain for sericulture products

Planning, identifying strategies and appropriate strategies for the development of sericulture and preparing a value chain require information and a complete picture of the status of this profession and the attitudes of the sericulturists. The present study was conducted to investigate the effective factors on the participation of experienced sericulturists of Guilan province in developmental projects of sericulture value chain. In this regard, econometric model of logit binary choice and cross section data of 133 sericulturists in Guilan province was used. Data were collected based on Cochran's relationship and simple random sampling method in 2016. Results revealed that silkworm rearing house area, mulberry garden life, satisfaction from silkworm egg quality and cooperation level of family women in production process had positive and direct effect on the probability of sericulturists cooperation in developing plans of sericulture products value chain. On the other hand, sericulturists’ age and the ratio of improved mulberry/total trees had negative effect on mentioned dependent variable. Also, results showed that among the studied variables, a one percent change in the satisfaction from silkworm egg quality variable had the most positive effect (0.54) and a one percent change in the explanatory variable of sericulturists’ age had the most negative effect (-0.95) on the probability of sericulturists cooperation in developing plans of sericulture products value chain. Considering the individual characteristics of sericulturists and parameters related to production system could have notable role in effectiveness of sericulture value chain policies.