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More farmers embrace silkworm farming

Ms Burono a silkworm farmer shows journalists how to use a silk spinning machine used to extract fibre from silkworms. The Government donated the machine to farmers in Ikolomani recently.  [PHOTO: BENJAMIN SAKWA/STANDARD]

By Bryan Tumwa

Farmers in Ikolomani constituency, Kakamega County, are increasingly embracing silkworm farming.

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