Silkworm Farming Catching on in Kenya

Author:
NTV Kenya
Publisher:
NTV Kenya
Publication Date:
29 April 2013
Tags:
Kenya

Sericulture, or silkworm farming, is increasingly gaining popularity among local farmers, because the returns, they say, are high. And for a group of farmers in Ikolomani in the County of Kakamega, silkworms provide their daily bread, as well as manure for food production.

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