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Sericulture - a preferred rural enterprise
• Sericulture is an excellent economic
support activity to the farmers with minimum
technical know how, investment and
education.
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Landless families can get gainful employment on several
non-farm activities like silk
reeling, twisting, dyeing, weaving ,printing and garment making.
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Sericulture Is highly remunerative crop compared to other
agricultural crops
• Low gestation period, i.e., 28-30 days suitable for small and
marginal farmers
• Provide gainful employment and periodical income and good profit
margins
• An excellent household activity.
• Brings significant change both in social and economic spheres of
the rural and semi urban
areas.
• Arrests flocking of rural work force to urban areas.
• Earns significant foreign exchange.
• Scope for utilization of several by-products for value addition
and added income
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