EArly Times Report
Jammu, Aug 29: As part of the various initiatives to support the rearing families during the current pandemic and lockdowns due to Covid-19 in J&K, the Sericulture Department has arranged Cocoon Marketing in association with JKI for the cocoon growers across J&K. This was stated by Director Sericulture J&K, Manzoor Ahmad Qadiri, KAS, here. He informed that as part of this program, Departmental has so for been able to provide Marketing facilities for the Cocoon growers of Districts Udhampur, Kathua, Jammu & Reasi. In these Districts, 117 MT of cocoons have been procured by JKI valuing Rs. 3.19 Crore as income generation for the farmers of these Districts. Presently Marketing is going on in the District Rajouri under the Standard SOPs. He further informed that the Department will also be arranging marketing facilities for the cocoon growers of Kashmir Division in the coming days after the JKI completes the procurement process from Jammu Division. The farmers have appreciated & are satisfied through this endeavor and have demanded for procuring more crop and covering large number of their counter parts through these arrangements, he said.
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