Sericulture villages to be set up to promote silk industry
Monday, 10 November 2008
RAJSHAHI, Nov 9 (BSS): Bangladesh Sericulture Board (BSB) has undertaken a project to promote and extend sericulture and its industry through entrepreneurship development at different levels of production.
According to the officials concerned, the five-year proposed project titled "Extension and Development of Sericulture in Public and Private sector in Bangladesh' will be implemented throughout the country with an estimated cost of Tk 300 million (30 crore).
Bangladesh Sericulture Research and Training Institute (BSRTI) and Bangladesh Silk Foundation (BSF) will also work as other implementing agencies.
The sources said, the project would establish 19 sericulture villages at the potential areas as a model to improve capacity of small and marginal farmers to establish high yielding mulberry garden and produce superior quality of silk cocoon.
The villages will function as a good centre for economic activity and people of the adjacent areas will gradually be inspired and involved in income generation process.
BSB Chairman Sunil Chandra Pal said that sericulture and silk industry, by its nature, a family based labour-intensive economic activity that provides employment for the rural people.
About 0.6 million people are involved in this industry of which 0.1 million are cocoon growers and the rest are engaged in silk reeling, spinning, weaving, dyeing, printing, finishing and trading activities.
According to the officials concerned, the five-year proposed project titled "Extension and Development of Sericulture in Public and Private sector in Bangladesh' will be implemented throughout the country with an estimated cost of Tk 300 million (30 crore).
Bangladesh Sericulture Research and Training Institute (BSRTI) and Bangladesh Silk Foundation (BSF) will also work as other implementing agencies.
The sources said, the project would establish 19 sericulture villages at the potential areas as a model to improve capacity of small and marginal farmers to establish high yielding mulberry garden and produce superior quality of silk cocoon.
The villages will function as a good centre for economic activity and people of the adjacent areas will gradually be inspired and involved in income generation process.
BSB Chairman Sunil Chandra Pal said that sericulture and silk industry, by its nature, a family based labour-intensive economic activity that provides employment for the rural people.
About 0.6 million people are involved in this industry of which 0.1 million are cocoon growers and the rest are engaged in silk reeling, spinning, weaving, dyeing, printing, finishing and trading activities.