SERI-CULTURE

This business idea is for seri-culture. Seri-culture is the rearing of silkworms for silk. Sericulture is a major income generating activity based on cocoons cultivation in rural areas. The process envisages silk production through disease resistant high yielding strain of mulberry silkworm. The business idea aims at production of 31,200 yarns of silk annually. The revenue potential is estimated at US $ 600 annually. The total capital investment cost for the project is US $ 14,277.