Minister for Animal Husbandry and Sericulture K. Venkatesh has called the tobacco farmers of Periyapatna to take to sericulture.
At a recent function in Kaggundi in his home constituency of Periyapatna, Mr. Venkatesh called upon the farmers to consider sericulture as an alternate crop to tobacco and ginger while assuring them economic stability in sericulture.
The farmers, who toil hard for tobacco or ginger crop, can earn money by taking to sericulture, which involves a simple process. Not only is the yield good, but also fetches a good sum of money due to the demand for cocoons, he said.
