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Related Keywords: Abdul Kalam Agriculture College in Kishanganj, Bihar agriculture ministry, departments for detailed study, mulberry production, on mulberry plants, promote silk industry in the state, proposed advanced centre, sanctioned Rs 60 crore, sericulture, silk farming, silk growers, silk textile technology, silkworm

Bihar agriculture ministry has sanctioned Rs 60 crore for the proposed advanced centre on sericulture (silk farming) at Abdul Kalam Agriculture College in Kishanganj this fiscal to promote silk industry in the state, said agriculture minister Prem Kumar.

The advanced centre will have separate departments for detailed study on mulberry plants, mulberry production, silkworm, silk textile technology and the one dealing with the pest problem that afflict silkworms.

Related Keywords: Chhattisgarh government, identify nurseries, increase production of Kosa silk, Kosa cocoon production, plantation of Kosa sapling, silk centre, silk farming, silk trade

The Chhattisgarh Government to provide livelihood for people residing in rural pockets of the state is planning to massively increase production of Kosa-Silk. Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand has written letters to all district collectors in this regard. A committee would be formed in every district to implement the plan.

In fact, the Chhattisgarh Government is drawing up an elaborate five-year plan for promotion of Kosa-Silk production in the State. All district collectors are requested to prepare a report on production prospects of Kosa and Silk in their respective regions.

Related Keywords: handicraft, high quality silk products, Hoi An silk village, hub for silk making, silk farming, silk products, silk weaving, Vietnam-Asean silk festival, Vietnamese artisans

The Hoi An Silk village in Quang Nam is justifiably famous as a hub for silk making and trading in the region. To celebrate this fact, the village hosted a Vietnam-ASEAN Silk Festival, the first of its kind event.

The Vietnam-ASEAN Silk Festival was opened this morning, 28 December at the Hoi An Silk Village in the central province of Quang Nam. The festival attracted 32 artisans from seven silk villages throughout the country including Van Phuc, Phung Xa, Ma Chau, Tan Chau, Cham My Nghiep…

Related Keywords: Dakshina Kannada, queen of textile, sericulture, silk, silk farming, textile fibre

Silk is considered the most important of textile fibres and therefore is called the “queen of textile seems to have lost favour among farmers in Dakshina Kannada, with just 60 farmers taking up silk farming in the district. Due to high prices of rubber and areca, many farmers started taking up plantations of the cash crops.