Srinagar : Outcome of four hours marathon heated exchanges/deliberations on crop improvement and crop losses due to recent field/horticultural crop pattern changes and climate change helped 58 silkworm rearers, 5 beat watchers, Sericulture Assistant, Kuthar Zone, Mrs Ruby Jan and CSB scientists to point out the factors like microclimate, altitudinal variation in temperature and humidity, insecticide and pesticide drift which need to be managed to improve cocoon production, increase number of crops and avoid crop losses. These factors need further validation in different agroecological zones and also different microclimates. Crop and health insurance was one of the main demands put forward at the end of awareness programme, which farmers are expecting to be part of new beneficiary oriented schemes.
