Fruits Of Hard Labour: Watch How Sericulture Farmers Cultivate Worms, Harvest Silk

The efforts of local farmers cultivating worms, where for 18 Days the worms feed on mulberry leaves and then moved to a poultry wheel where it forms the cocoon in 3 Days and finally harvested silk is sold for 500 INR/Kg in the market A farmer usually earns about 60,000 rupees which have dropped to half due to the rains in the state.

Aditya Pran Changkakati

A multimedia journalist with a keen interest and observance of rural development, healthcare, and civic issues.