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Muga farmers shifting to rubber cultivation [1]

The growing risks involved in farming muga, the unique organic silk of Assam, have made many farmers of this precious golden silk, to change over to rubber plantation. This development is particularly discernable in three Lower Assam districts.

Publication Date: 
25/02/2010
Assam Tribune (Guwahati) [2]
Tags:
Forests [3], Rubber [4], Forest Products [5], Farmers [6], Assam [7], Kamrup [8], Kokrajhar (D) [9]
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[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kamrup
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