Editor's note: China has a long history of cultivating silkworms and producing silk, which can be traced back 3,000 to 4,000 years. In 2009, sericulture, along with its related techniques and ...

The arduous task of silkworm cultivation involved keeping the tiny silkworm eggs (about 35,000 of them weigh only an ounce) at the correct temperature. Hatched worms then had to be fed mulberry leaves ...

SRINAGAR: The Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute (CSRTI), Pampore, under the Central Silk Board, Ministry of Textiles, organized a National Technical Seminar on “Technological ...

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s sericulture and silk industry has seen a revival in recent years, but experts are concerned about the lack of materials. VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s sericulture and ...

SILKWORM was selected for research studies because the rearing of this insect for production of natural silk is a labour-intensive, welfare-oriented, village-based cottage industry, capable to stem ...

For Meena Devi of Ree Bhalan and Amar Singh of Ghaloon village, the sericulture industry has proved to be a big boon. With the rearing of silk cocoons and production of mulberry trees, families of ...

Bengaluru MP Dr. C.N. Manjunath proposes a Special Mulberry Zone in Bidadi to enhance silk production and farmers' incomes.

“We’ve earned Rs70,000 in a month. However, if I work elsewhere, even with my kids, I can’t earn that much,” said Muhammad Aslam, a silkworm farmer in Punjab’s Changa Manga. Aslam’s income came from ...

Mysuru: A one-day workshop termed ‘Sericulture and Silk Industry', under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC), Ministry of External Affairs, was organised by the Central Sericultural ...

A sericulture revolution in East Africa, powered by Japan’s silkworm and silk expertise Selecting/breeding mulberry and silkworm species suited to Kenya, developing silk materials Kenya’s biological ...

VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh has been honoured with the prestigious ‘Best State Award’ under the Central Silk Board’s ‘Mera Resham - Mera Abhiman’ programme for its outstanding efforts in promoting ...

The fall in the prices of cocoons over the last three months has forced sericulture farmers to launch an agitation to draw the State government’s attention to their plight. The Sericulture Farmers’ ...