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Sericulture can be a successful venture

Better prospects: Collector T.N. Venkatesh inspecting a sericulture farm at Chinnandipatti in Karur district.

KARUR: Farmers could gainfully take to sericulture activities such as silkworm rearing and mulberry cultivation by utilising the numerous government-sponsored subsidy-cum-loan schemes for specific activities in the field, Collector T.N. Venkatesh has urged the farmers.

The district has a large scope for sericulture activities, he said after visiting a silkworm-rearing centre at Chinnandipatti near here recently.

The Collector said that around 205 farmers have taken up mulberry cultivation in over 278.25 acres in Karur district. Sericulture activity has picked up in all the eight blocks of the district, he observed. Silkworm rearing could yield a monthly income, he has noted.

While the input cost might be to the tune of Rs.1.50 lakh for two acres of mulberry cultivation, the profit would be in the region of Rs. 60,000 an acre per year.

As regards the numerous subsidy schemes the government was extending to those who come forward to take up sericulture activities, Mr. Venkatesh said that Rs.1,500 was being given as subsidy for procuring mulberry saplings, while Rs.27,500 was being given for establishing silkworm rearing centre spread over 800 square feet and Rs.60,000 was being given as subsidy for establishing a centre measuring 1,500 square feet.

Moreover, for putting micro irrigation techniques such as drip irrigation in mulberry fields, the government was providing Rs.28,500 for 2.5 acres besides the Rs.15,000 the government was extending as subsidy to the enthusiastic farmers for buying silkworm-rearing implements.

After inspecting the silkworm-rearing centre of a progressive farmer Maria Francis of Chinnandipatti, Mr. Venkatesh said that other farmers who were enterprising enough could make sericulture a successful venture by fully utilising the various government-sponsored subsidy schemes.

Assistant Silk Inspector M. Rajasekar and other officials accompanied the Collector during the visit.

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