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I abandoned my house for worms, and I have no regret at all

This picture shows how cocoons is placed into a mortgages .PHOTO KIBATA KIHU/STANDARD.

Other daily chores for a silkworm farmer include ensuring the breeding area is clean so as to minimise the spread of viral diseases and ensure highest quality cocoon is produced at the end of the season.

“This is ensured through daily replacement of feeding material and breeding base which is composed of newspapers. To replace the old leaves, the worms are attracted to claw to a few fresh leaves then transferred to fresh trays,” he says.

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