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	SERICULTURE INDUSTRY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		For a long time, sericulture was considered to be a national secret by the Chinese Government, and as an industry it was not known in other countries.
		sericulture is ideally suited for improving the rural economy of the country, as it is practised as a subsidiary industry to agriculture.
		Agriculture and sericulture are adopted simultaneously by the agriculturists in regions where the ecological conditions are favourable.
	www.krishiworld.com /html/seri_ind1.html (1604 words)

	History of Sericulture, Cultural Entomology Digest 1
		Sericulture reached Japan through Korea, but not before the early part of the third century A.D. Shortly after 300 A.D., sericulture traveled Westward and the cultivation of the silkworm was established in India.
		According to tradition, the egg of the insect and the seed of the mulberry tree were carried to India concealed in the headdress of a Chinese princess.
		Sericulture was carried on to some extent by the early colonists of Virginia, South Carolina, and Georgia, and was introduced into New England about 1660.
	www.insects.org /ced1/seric.html (1324 words)

	The Hindu : Sericulture making a comeback in State
		Sericulture seems to be making a comeback in the State thanks to the efforts of the Kerala State Sericulture Cooperative Federation Limited (SERIFED) to market it in a big way.
		Speaking at a one-day workshop on sericulture recently, he said the agricultural activities should be comprehensively invigorated by giving thrust to paddy, vegetable, banana and cashew cultivation and venturing into allied activities like cattle farming and sericulture.
		But, a "sericulture revolution" and a self-sufficiency in silk production guaranteeing mass employment and rural development of the State could be possible only if the farming community would show a committed involvement in sericulture with dedicated support extended by the agencies.
	www.hindu.com /2000/11/13/stories/0413404o.htm (1034 words)

	GROUP INSURANCE SCHEME FOR HANDL
		Sericulture in Orissa is an agro based cottage industry.
		The major activities of sericulture comprises of food-plant cultivation to feed the silkworms which spin silk cocoons and reeling the cocoons for unwinding the silk filament for value added benefits such as processing and weaving.
		This is possible because sericulture activities starting from mulberry garden management, leaf harvesting and silkworm rearing is more effectively taken up by the women folk.
	www.orissa.gov.in /textiles/sericulture_ataglance.htm (979 words)

	Silk Cocons by ATMA Kangra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In its production process, sericulture and silk industry makes a long chain of inter dependent specialized operations like raising good plants of mulberry, silk seed production, silkworm rearing, cocoon reeling, twisting, weaving, printing, dyeing, finishing and marketing etc., which can provide means of livelihood to a large section of the rural population.
		Sericulture farmers who were trained in mulberry basket making are earning approx.Rs.4500/- on an average per annum as an additional income in the beginning by selling of mulberry baskets.
		sericulture and silk industry as a rural cottage industry in Kangra district having a congenial climatic conditions for sericulture development.
	www.manage.gov.in /ATMAKANGRA/silkcoco.htm (1758 words)

	NIGERIAN TRIBUNE - Agriculture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Sericulture farming according to the duo of Elder Bode Jegede and Babafemi Idowu in their lectures at different fora is one example of an agro-industrial venture that is yet to receive maximum patronage from Nigerians.
		Mulberry and non-mulberry are two aspects of sericulture which can be invested in.In mulberry sericulture, the silkworm is host specific while in the non-mulberry sericulture, the silkworks feeds on other hosts that are non-mulberry.
		But if sericulture is fully embraced and necessary support given to it, by the government, it would go a long way in solving the unemployment problem as many jobless youths in the country would be engaged.
	www.tribune.com.ng /sat/16122006/agric.html (1457 words)

	The Hindu : Karnataka / Mysore News : `Sericulture needs strategic extension programme'
		Inaugurating a seminar on "Sericultural extension management" organised by the Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute (CSR&TI), Dr. Dwarakinath regretted that the achievements in sericulture are reaching only elite farmers.
		Hence, strategic extension efforts should be made to reach the achievements in sericulture to all farmers, he said.
		Sericulture extension officers have not been able discharge their duty in reaching the achievements to farmers.
	www.hindu.com /2006/02/25/stories/2006022513760300.htm (393 words)

	Renewal of sericulture industry -DAWN - Business; May 1, 2006
		Although, 46.5 per cent of world demand is met by artificial silk, the demand for natural silk is on the rise and the global supply is increasing day by day due to its superiority.
		Sericulture was introduced in the sub-continent through the Silk Road during the Christian era.
		Sericulture in Pakistan is still an industry of nomads which could not expand on large scale due to a number of reasons among which lack of research and trained personnel is a major factor.
	www.dawn.com /2006/05/01/ebr6.htm (678 words)

	Sericulture department: Mizoram (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Today, Sericulture enters a new era, it is becoming the only tool to uplift and drive away poverty in rural villages in Mizoram, even though mixed farming Agriculture system in hills are practiced.
		Precisely, it is worthy to mention that in Sericulture the Welfare of Women and Minorities, Educated unemployed, rural poor etc etc are taken care due to the fact that the practice of Silkworm rearing is easy and can be handled by these work force.
		Although Sericulture was introduced in Mizoram decade back the pace of development has been very slow precisely on account of lack of technical expertise, infrastructure and mainly paucity of enough fund.
	mizoram.nic.in /dept/seri.htm (429 words)

	Zilla Panchayat Structure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Sericulture was introduced in Belgaum district during 1970.
		Sericulture consists of mulberry cultivation, silkworm, rearing, silk reeling and weaving are industrial activities of Sericulture.
		Sericulture is an agro based highly remunerative rural industry, which can be easily adopted by rural farming community.
	www.kar.nic.in /zpbelgaum/sericul.html (735 words)

	GROUP INSURANCE SCHEME FOR HANDL
		A number of state plan schemes are in operation to provide necessary input assistance to Government farms /units and beneficiaries for development of Sericulture in the state.
		Under the scheme high yielding variety mulberry cuttings are supplied to the farmers at free of cost for raising new plantation or substitution of old varieties in the existing mulberry acreage.
		Assistance for Rs.5000 against the provision of Rs.20, 000/- is given to progressive farmers for construction of a house suitable for Mulberry silkworm rearing.
	www.orissa.gov.in /textiles/sericulture_schemes.htm (492 words)

	History of Silk (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Sericulture or silk production has a long and colorful history unknown to most people.
		Over thousands of years, during which the Chinese practiced sericulture utilizing all the different types of silk moths known to them, Bombyx mori evolved into the specialized silk producer it is today; a moth which has lost its power to fly, only capable of mating and producing eggs for the next generation of silk producers.
		Shortly after AD 300, sericulture traveled westward and the cultivation of the silkworm was established in India.
	www.silk-road.com.cob-web.org:8888 /artl/silkhistory.shtml (2038 words)

	Sericulture projects in CHT to create jobs
		Sericulture extension programmes in four upazilas would be implemented by BSB's own manpower while in the rest eight by the selected NGOs.
		Another 3250 mulberry cultivators and 500 sericulture families would be equipped with necessary training and motivation along with extending other requisite inputs so they could produce mulberry plants and rear silkworm and cocoon with their own initiatives.
		As a result of extending technological inputs for all stages of sericulture at the grassroots, a skilled community would be built for the silk sector.
	nation.ittefaq.com /artman/exec/view.cgi/49/27640 (581 words)

	Welcome to Shivaji University, Kolhapur
		Sericulture is one of the interdisciplinary branch of applied sciences.
		At present times, the Sericulture has a great relevance and the potential for self-employment in the rural Maharashtra.
		In the State, however, the Sericulture is still in it's infancy.
	www.unishivaji.ac.in /deptseri.htm (405 words)

	Sericulture Industry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Research findings have shown that under the existing acreage of food plants of silkworms, it is possible to increase the silk production 3-fold, in addition to increasing its quality.
		The introduction of new technology of handling Bombyx mori silkworms into the major sericultural tracts of the Karnataka state has enabled the state to produce a significant quality of bivoltine silk standing to the international grades.
		Recent findings relating to the rearing of tasar silkworms on oak plants in the sub-Himalayan range & in Manipur have placed the country in a new set-up of producing a significant quantity of quality tasar silk.
	www.krishiworld.com /html/seri_ind2.html (1645 words)

	Directorate of Sericulture (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Training is provided in sericulture activities such as rearing, reeling and weaving.
		Sericulture employees would be trained by capacity building procurement of seeds on scientific line.
		Beneficiaries of sericulture would be benefited by other schemes of Gramoudyog which prevail other than sericulture.
	www.weavesandcrafts.com.cob-web.org:8888 /Sericulture/Schemes.htm (319 words)

	Country (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		May 29: Sericulture is changing the lot of many people in rural areas of Jhenidah district in recent times.
		The Halidhani Nursery, situated at village Halidhani, 10 km west of Jhenidah town and on Jhenidah-Chuadanga road, was established on a total of 72 bighas of land of which 54.13 bighas are being used for mulberry cultivation.
		Sericulture fibres are being produced from the cocoons at the nursery by modern machines.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/may/30/30052006ct.htm (3398 words)

	Official Webiste of Mizoram : Sericulture Department
		The Director of Sericulture is also responsible for budget preparation; implementation and monitoring of plan schemes and control of all financial expenditures as per plans/estimates.
		When the functions/duties of the Principal, STI are mainly imparting training to the farmers and in-service persons, the main duties and responsibilities attached to the District Sericulture Officers are to motivate, educate the public towards sericulture practices and create self and sustainable employment with an objective of uplifting their economy.
		In the Department of Sericulture, the Director of Sericulture is functioning as Head of the Department and exercising the financial powers delegated by the Govt.
	mizoram.gov.in /department/seri.php (810 words)

	Barbados sericulture silk farmer Dawnay St. John attends Private Sector Reciprocal Trade Mission to the People's ...
		Sericulture is also practiced on a very small scale in Guyana while peace silk is reared in the Dominican Republic by an Origon based cooperative.
		In Barbados, the philanthropist Dr. Joshua Steele introduced sericulture as an early agrodiversity and exported vegetable silk to England in the late 1700's.
		In the interest of identifying jobs for older rural woman and contributing to poverty alleviation efforts, women entrepreneurs in Barbados sought to find a vehicle to inform and enhance the traditional cottage industries of Barbados, and the concept of Mulberry Patch evolved.
	www.unitedcaribbean.com /mulberrypatch.html (335 words)

	ANNUAL REPORT 2000-2001--SERICULTURE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Sericulture is an important labour-intensive and agro-based cottage industry, providing gainful occupation to about 64 lakh persons in the rural and semi-urban areas in India.
		Work relating to sericulture and silk is carried out by the Ministry mainly through the efforts of the Central Silk Board (CSB), working closely with the State Departments of Sericulture and the Silk Industry.
		The second phase of the JICA assisted Project for Promotion of Popularising the Practical Bivoltine Sericulture Technology (PPPBST) of 5 years duration is being implemented from 1st April 1997 for field verification and demonstration of Bivoltine technologies evolved in the first phase.
	apparel.indiamart.com /annual-report/sericulture.html (2139 words)

	The Queen of Sericulture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Sericulture is the technical term for the silk industry in all its forms -- farming, harvesting, throwing, spinning, and weaving.
		Instead of discarding the now-undrinkable tea, Lei Zu had the brilliant idea of trying to spin the fibers -- and sericulture was born.
		But it is doubtless that women were behind the development of sericulture.
	www.hhhh.org /maia-old/silk.html (503 words)

	The Hindu Business Line : Silk sector shifting focus on high-yielding bivoltine sericulture
		Officials of the Karnataka Sericulture Department told a group of presspersons that India currently produced about 16,000 tonnes of raw silk, against the demand of 24,000 tonnes, leaving the balance to be met by imports largely from China.
		In the first phase (1991-97) — Project for Bivoltine Sericulture Technology Development — the bivoltine silkworm hybrids from Japan were brought to the Central Silk Research and Training Institute (CSR&TI), Mysore, and crossed with evolved Indian bivoltine breeds to engender high-yielding hybrid with superior yarn quality.
		The CSR&TI Director, Dr Dandin, said the underlying objective in spreading bivoltine sericulture was to generate and meet the domestic demand for bivoltine silk to the extent that import dependence is cut down and add value to yarn by exporting finished silk fabrics and designer dresses abroad.
	www.blonnet.com /2003/09/06/stories/2003090602250400.htm (461 words)

	Ministry of Textiles
		Sericulture is an important labour-intensive and agro-based cottage industry, providing gainful occupation to a little more than six million persons in the rural and semi-urban areas in India.
		Regional Sericultural Research Stations (RSRS) for mulberry and non-mulberry have been tackling the regional field issues of the industry.
		A Poorvanchal Sericulture Development Project is being implemented jointly by Central Silk Board and the Department of Sericulture, Govt.
	texmin.nic.in /annualrep/ar00_c08.htm (2284 words)

	Sericulture Department :: Nagaland
		Attempting to remove the cocoon she discovered that she could unwind a very fine glistening thread from the softened cocoon.
		Sericulture Department does not guarantee complete acuracy of the content on the site, though the greatest care has been taken.
		The projects/schemes information on the site are brief outlines only, for details you may contact the department either on the email or on our mailing Address.
	seringl.nic.in (260 words)

	Maharashtra sets up separate directorate of sericulture
		PUNE, February 17: By creating a separate directorate of sericulture in the textiles ministry, the Maharashtra government has given a boost to the silk industry in the state.
		The major plans of the sericulture department, which was created on September 1, 1997, and is headquartered in Nagpur, include increasing land under mulberry cultivation in the state to a total of 5,000 acres by June 1998.
		The department is studying the methods adopted by the Karnataka government for the promotion of sericulture and could adopt some of the practices.
	www.expressindia.com /fe/daily/19980218/04955024.html (490 words)

	Devsilk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		However levels of productivity and quality have not improved significantly in recent years, the numbers of households involved in sericulture are declining and there are serious questions concerning the future competitive position of Thai silk in international markets.
		The project was expected to raise the average net income from sericulture from 8,000 baht before the project to 16,000 baht by 30 September 2000, for a total of 8,000 farm households in the villages served by the project.
		Arrangements are still needed to ensure that reliable input supplies (especially good-quality silkworm eggs) continue to be available, that the farmers’ sericulture production plans are prepared and correctly implemented and monitored and that the methods introduced by the project are gradually extended to other sericulture areas in Thailand.
	homepage.mac.com /paullightfoot/pagespaul/pages/Projects/Devsilk.html (1695 words)

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