Eco India: How sericulture is giving cotton farmers a new lease on life in drought-prone Marathwada

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Marathwada in Maharashtra state is one of the driest regions in India, with a high number of farmer suicides. Dry spells are a direct cause of economic distress. But in one community the switch to a drought-resistant crop has made all the difference.
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[@actualangel5133]

Kudos to this Sarpanch for finding a solution to the marathwada farmers & bringing prosperity to his village…. Takes lot foresight for it👍👍👍👍🙏

[@mrx727]

Hats Off To Your Work , Scroll & Team ❤

[@user-kw4fy6go5b]

Indian all sarpanchs should follow this rui village sarpanch see how he is spreading awareness of sericulture farming to farmers and making them profits..... Sarpanch should tell yo farmers in their particular villages what they have to do cropping and how it will make them money....

[@rajibsinha7334]

Do you have the contact number of the Sarpanch I need it for my village at Jharkhand।

[@uphett2379]

Humans are resilient and we learn to adapt despite the gloom and doom of climate change.

[@revasilkfarm]

Super

[@ruchiaggarwal2209]

Love it! Team Eco India.. ❤

[@amitavadutt621]

Great initiative 👏👍🇮🇳

[@AliKhan-ob7hz]

Good

[@vae884]

The price of the insect's lives seem like a necessary downside when you look at all the benefits of this. Farmers end up being the most oppressed and marginalized, even when their work is the most important. As the climate changes, they cannot grow the same things they used to be able to. I agree with Kalidas, that the most important thing is that everyone is able to live, work, and make enough to be able to sustain themselves, so they do not suicide because of not being able to make it.

[@indianmillennialfarmer309]

And here in karnataka sericulture hub is loosing it's shine

[@nosom7]

Killing worms for thread

[@indianmillennialfarmer309]

Don't you know how many sucking insects and cotton bollworms are killed in producing cotton 😅

[@LotusDreaming]

Silkworms are a very good low on the food chain insect, over 98% die before they make cocoons because of predation or disease. More of them survive when in sericulture than in the wild.