Sericulture farmers want market to be set up in Kalaburagi
The Hindu
Expressing their difficulties in transporting their sericulture produce to the faraway Ramanagaram market in South Karnataka, sericulture farmers in Kalaburagi district demanded that a local market be
Expressing their difficulties in transporting their sericulture produce to the faraway Ramanagaram market in South Karnataka, sericulture farmers in Kalaburagi district demanded that a local market be set up, preferably in Kalaburagi, for selling their produce.
“I am doing well in sericulture farming. My income is no less than a government employee’s. However, I am, like many others in the region, finding it very difficult to transport the produce to the faraway market in Ramanagaram. I request the government to open a similar market in Kalaburagi so that sericulture farmers in the region will get rid of the transportation difficulties and save some money,” Srishaila Gobbur, a farmer, told Sericulture Minister K.C. Narayana Gowda when the latter was interacting with farmers at Melakunda (B) village near here on Tuesday.
Describing his success story to the Minister, the farmer said that he has been engaged in sericulture farming in his three acres of land for the last 15 years and his current year’s income from two crops crossed ₹4.4 lakh.