Sericulture is one of the important rural agriculture based industry. The main aim of this department to provide employment and financial aid to the backward communities, landless labourers . On an average 13 people are provided employment for a period of one year per hectares of malberry saplings. Sericulture is involved in two different activities.

• Rising of Mulberry Saplings
• Rearing of Silk worms.

The district has 459 Agriculturists who are growing Mulberry in 186 villages covering an extent of 192.45 hectares.

Silk worm rearing is carried out in specially designed sheds. The worms will produce cocoons in 28-30 days.

Schemes of the Department :

• Providing Advisory services, demonstrations and publicity to farmers
• Provide support to control various crop dieases
• Provide incentives for bivolatile cocoon
• Provide subsidy for construction of rearing and realing sheds
• Provide assistance in shoot rearing system to rearing houses
• Women demonstration farms

For Details Contact :

Deputy Director,
Sericulture
Shimoga