Related Keywords: Dakshina Kannada, queen of textile, sericulture, silk, silk farming, textile fibre
Silk is considered the most important of textile fibres and therefore is called the “queen of textile seems to have lost favour among farmers in Dakshina Kannada, with just 60 farmers taking up silk farming in the district. Due to high prices of rubber and areca, many farmers started taking up plantations of the cash crops.
