Govt. directs Karnataka Silk Marketing Board to purchase cocoons from farmers
The Hindu
Minister for Animal Husbandry and Sericulture K. Venkatesh on Saturday, June 3, said that the Karnataka Silk Marketing Board (KSMB) had begun purchasing cocoons from the farmers to help stabilise the prices.
Minister for Animal Husbandry and Sericulture K. Venkatesh on Saturday, June 3, said that the Karnataka Silk Marketing Board (KSMB) had begun purchasing cocoons from the farmers to help stabilise the prices.
Addressing a press conference in Mysuru, Mr. Venkatesh said the prices of cocoons had collapsed over the last three to four months, hitting the sericulture farmers hard.
Hence, a decision was taken to direct the KSMB to start purchasing the cocoons. “The KSMB has started purchasing cocoons from yesterday,” Mr. Venkatesh told reporters on Saturday, June 3.
He hoped that the prices of cocoons will improve on account of the market intervention by the State Government.
According to sources in the cocoon market in Ramanagaram, the average price of cocoons on Saturday was ₹468 per kg for bivoltine and ₹356 for cross-breed.
However, the prices reigned around ₹700 for a kg of bivoltine and ₹600 for a kg of cross-breed during mid-January 2023.
Mr. Venkatesh said there was scope for promoting in several parts of the State including Mysuru, where a large number of people grew mulberry plants.
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