Extension and Outreach Activities

The students of M.Sc. Sericulture frequently visits the Sericulture practicing farmers of this region during spring and autumn rearing season and help them in solving the problems that the farmers face. The students share their scientific knowledge with the farmers who are very keen to learn the scientific art of silkworm rearing and selection of some good cocoons for onward rearing besides counseling of farmers in the field, extension of packages of practices for mulberry cultivation and transfer of technology from lab to land etc. This is one of the more important aspects given to the fact that Mulberry Cultivation and Silk is one of the focus areas of the newly announced Jammu and Kashmir Industrial Development Policy.