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 ...

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: The scanty rainfall this year has affected the kharif crops of several farmers in Marathwada, but not all of them are wringing their hands in despair. Those that have ...

TIRUPATI: At an advanced age of 75, G Gurumoorthy Setti, a farmer from Yeduru village in Gangavaram mandal of Chittoor district, continues to inspire with his resilience, innovation and commitment to ...

Commissioner of Sericulture Shilpa Nag has emphasised the need for research in the field of sericulture to focus on growing ...

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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 ...

Imphal: With an aim to encourage the local farmers to take up mulberry farming and silkworm rearing, Manipur Sericulture department launched a silk reeling and spinning unit in Bishnupur's Ngaikhong ...

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 ...

Employees collect cocoons at a production line of Yashilin Changsha (International) Silkworm Silk Intellectual Industry Project in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, Nov. 24, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang ...

Mysuru: Once spread across 16,000 hectares, sericulture farming in Chamarajanagar has dwindled to just 1,355 hectares. The sericulture department is implementing measures to boost cultivation and ...

J&K plans to boost silk production by adopting Uttarakhand's nursery model, aiming for 225 metric tonnes over five years.

A small district in Odisha, Jajpur is also home to Gopalpur Tassar Fabrics, one of the country's leading Tassar producing centres. By Dr Yatharth Kachiar India is the second-largest producer of silk ...