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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Silkworm harvesting improves livelihoods in Egyptian village

A farmer works on silkworm cocoons at Nagaa Awni village in Egypt in September. In 2016, Awad conceived the idea of leveraging Nagaa Awni's agricultural strengths to plant mulberry trees for feeding silkworms, producing silk and making carpets. The story of Nagaa Awni's transformation has reached the Egyptian government, which, under the Decent Life Initiative launched by President Abdel Fattah …

Egypt Ibrahim Egyptian Village Silk Mulberry Nagaa

3 months ago

Hechi expert brings silk farming technology to Ethiopia

China Daily

Chen Xiongzhen, a retired agricultural expert from China in 2022, is making significant contributions to Ethiopia, a country that is primarily focused on agriculture and animal husbandry, by sharing knowledge of silk farming. She utilized multimedia videos to introduce the silk farming practices used in China. The key focus of silk farming is the silkworm itself, and Chen put significant …

Chen Silk Ethiopia Silk Farming Hechi Expert

6 months ago

Microbial technology enhances silkworm production in Hechi

China Daily

The application of microbial agents on mulberry leaves utilized for feed silkworms has resulted in significant improvements in the physical condition and survival rates of the newly bred silkworms. In recent years, Hechi has witnessed a widespread adoption of microbial breeding technologies, which has improved their resistance to bacterial diseases and other illnesses, consequently leading to a consistent upsurge in …

Microbial Hechi Silkworm Cocoon Production

7 months ago

President puts museums in spotlight

China Daily

Visitors admire exhibits at the Grand Canal Museum of Beijing in the capital's sub-city center Tongzhou on Saturday. Xi disclosed his personal attachment to museums during an interaction with Song Yan, deputy head of the Nanjing Museum Administration, at the annual National People's Congress session in March in Beijing. Wu Yujian, head of the Fuzhou Cultural Heritage Administration, said the …

Heritage China Cultural Heritage Cultural Museum Museums Fuzhou

1 year, 1 month ago

Nuggets on silk

The Hindu

Origin of silk in China The production of silk, a natural protein fibre, typically made out of cocoons of silkworms, is believed to have originated in China a few thousand years ago, in early neolithic age, before reaching Japan and other parts of the globe. Legends of silk production Among the popular legends about the origin of silk is that …

India China Karnataka Silk

1 year, 1 month ago

How research and advanced tech helped India boost raw silk production

The Hindu

Though India is the world’s leading consumer of silk, production of the lustrous and shiny fibre spun out of silkworms has consistently fallen short of the growing demand in the country. Reasons for surge in production of silk Scientists at Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute in Mysuru, which is pioneering research in tropical sericulture, pointed out that India has …

India China Research Tech Production Variety Tonnes

1 year, 1 month ago

Where do the wild colours of domesticated silkworm cocoons come from?

The Hindu

Silk, the queen of fibres, is drawn or reeled from cocoons of the silk moth. The domesticated moth is much larger than its wild progenitor, and thus extrudes a longer silk fibre to build its larger cocoon, up to 900 metres long. In contrast, domesticated silk moth cocoons come in an eye-catching palette of yellow-red, gold, flesh, pink, pale green, …

India China Gene Mulberry Silks Domesticated Carotenoids

1 year, 2 months ago

Yizhou Sanghai Siyuan Pastoral Complex perfects silk industry chain

China Daily

In recent years, Hechi, the largest silk-producing area in Guangxi, has been shaping mulberry silk industrial chain as a way to boost rural vitalization and promote high-quality economic development. The Yizhou Sanghai Siyuan Pastoral Complex is an important part of these efforts. There is a total of 21,000 mu of mulberry fields in the project area with an annual silk …

Silk Mulberry Industry Chain

1 year, 2 months ago

Yizhou Sanghai Siyuan Pastoral Complex perfects silk industry chain

China Daily

In recent years, Hechi, the largest silk-producing area in Guangxi, has been shaping mulberry silk industrial chain as a way to boost rural vitalization and promote high-quality economic development. The Yizhou Sanghai Siyuan Pastoral Complex is an important part of these efforts. There is a total of 21,000 mu of mulberry fields in the project area with an annual silk …

Silk Mulberry

1 year, 6 months ago

Village in Tai'an boasts mulberry leaves tea industry

China Daily

Workers select high-quality mulberry leaves and processing mulberry leaf tea in the production base in Buyangzhuang village, Qiujiadian town, Tai'an. Workers at the mulberry leaf tea production base in Buyangzhuang village, Qiujiadian town, Tai'an are busy selecting high-quality mulberry leaves and processing mulberry leaf tea as it is the peak season for the production and processing of mulberry tea leaves. …

Village Mulberry Leaves Tea Industry Mulberry Leaf Tea Buyangzhuang Village Mulberry Leaves

1 year, 7 months ago

Pole position for culture

China Daily

Tu Songgen displays his skill during his bamboo pole performance that has been a highlight of the historical Silkworm Flower Water Festival in Tongxiang, Zhejiang province. Tu Songgen recently took his audience's breath away at a historical folk celebration event in his hometown of Zhouquan in Tongxiang, a county-level city of Jiaxing, East China's Zhejiang province. With every new move, …

Festival Pole Silkworm

1 year, 7 months ago

Pole position for culture

China Daily

Tu Songgen displays his skill during his bamboo pole performance that has been a highlight of the historical Silkworm Flower Water Festival in Tongxiang, Zhejiang province. Tu Songgen recently took his audience's breath away at a historical folk celebration event in his hometown of Zhouquan in Tongxiang, a county-level city of Jiaxing, East China's Zhejiang province. With every new move, …

Festival Pole Silkworm

2 years ago

Silk Road Guangxi Hechi Silk Industry Park

China Daily

Located in the northwest area of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, Hechi is currently the largest silkworm production area in Guangxi and is known as China's new silk capital. In 2019, Guangxi Yizhou Cocoon Silk Light Industry Park was included in the list of the first batch of "Guangxi Silk Parks". In December 2020, the Silk Road Guangxi Hechi Silk Industrial …

Industrial Silk Road Guangxi Park Silk Hechi Silk Road Guangxi

2 years, 10 months ago

Fengshan Sanmenhai Pastoral Complex

China Daily

Sanmenhai Pastoral Complex in Hechi's Fengshan county is a project with vegetable and fruit planting and rural tourism as its leading industry, as well as camellia oil and silkworm as its auxiliary industries. The Longevity Cultural Experience Zone relies on Sanmenhai Scenic Area to improve the rural living environment, with the purpose of developing the local tourism and service industries, …

Tourism Project Area Sanmenhai Pastoral Fengshan Culture

2 years, 10 months ago

Silk Road Guangxi Hechi Silk Industry Park

China Daily

Located in the northwest area of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, Hechi is currently the largest silkworm production area in Guangxi and is known as China's new silk capital. In 2019, Guangxi Yizhou Cocoon Silk Light Industry Park was included in the list of the first batch of "Guangxi Silk Parks". In December 2020, the Silk Road Guangxi Hechi Silk Industrial …

Industrial Silk Road Guangxi Hechi Industry Park Silk Road Guangxi

2 years, 11 months ago

Wuxi introduces 10 'worth visiting places on the doorstep'

China Daily

Locals enjoy exercise on the Shangxian River Walking Path. The first batch of 10 "worth visiting places on the doorstep" in Wuxi were recently introduced by the local bureau of culture, radio, television and tourism. The 10 places include the Wuxi Opera Cultural Center, Wanxin Community Branch of Wuxi Municipal Library, Jiangyin Xinqiao Town Public Culture Space, Around Yangshandang Walking …

Cultural Wuxi Visiting Places

3 years ago

Bangladesh vision, China tradition

China Daily

Many centuries ago, silkworm cultivation and silk-making techniques from ancient China reached Bangladesh along the Silk Road, an ancient trade route. In April this year Rajshahi silk was given Geographical Indication status, providing new livelihoods and opening up opportunities for hundreds of thousands of people, mostly women, in rural Bangladesh to become self-reliant. Those of us who work with silk …

Bangladesh Work Vision China Manikganj Rajshahi Silk Rajshahi Silkworm Cultivation

3 years, 1 month ago

Are insects the future of food?

Live Mint

About seven years ago, a new format of dining whetted appetites and imaginations—home chefs would invite guests over and delight them with regional delicacies. In 2014, about the same time as my first encounter with silkworm pupae, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization published a report titled Edible Insects: Future Prospects For Food And Feed Security. To meet the food …

Food India Project Dish Insects Nagaland Vohra

3 years, 4 months ago

Multipurpose silk-based medical tools provide ray of hope

Deccan Chronicle

VISAKHAPATNAM: By using pure silk protein derived from cocoons, a team of investigators from TUFTS University School of Engineering has developed biomedical devices, particularly surgical plates and screws. This was stated by TUFTS University tissue engineering and research centre director Prof. David Kaplan while delivering a lecture in an international e-conference on ‘Sericulture: Molecules to Materials’,” jointly organized by GITAM …

Silk Provide Ray

3 years, 7 months ago

A First Feline comes to White House, as the Bidens get a cat

Live Mint

Stand by for a major power shift in the White House: the dog-loving Bidens are getting a cat. The long-rumored arrival of a First Feline, which Press Secretary Jen Psaki once warned would "break the internet," means a new challenge for the Bidens' rambunctious German Shepherd Major. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden's dogs Champ, right, and Major …

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4 years, 6 months ago

$139 m cocoon silk project starts construction in Yizhou

China Daily

A silkworm and mulberry base in Shangping village, Desheng town, Yizhou district, Hechi. A silk dyeing project, which has a total investment of nearly 1 billion yuan and an annual output of 20 million meters, was officially started in Yizhou Economic and Development Zone of Hechi on May 28. Invested in by the Silk Road Holding Group, one of the …

Silk Hechi Silkworm Yizhou

4 years, 6 months ago

$139 m cocoon silk project starts construction in Yizhou

China Daily

A silkworm and mulberry base in Shangping village, Desheng town, Yizhou district, Hechi. A silk dyeing project, which has a total investment of nearly 1 billion yuan and an annual output of 20 million meters, was officially started in Yizhou Economic and Development Zone of Hechi on May 28. Invested in by the Silk Road Holding Group, one of the …

Silk Hechi Silkworm Yizhou

4 years, 6 months ago

$139 m cocoon silk project starts construction in Yizhou

China Daily

A silkworm and mulberry base in Shangping village, Desheng town, Yizhou district, Hechi. A silk dyeing project, which has a total investment of nearly 1 billion yuan and an annual output of 20 million meters, was officially started in Yizhou Economic and Development Zone of Hechi on May 28. Invested in by the Silk Road Holding Group, one of the …

Hechi Silkworm Yizhou Cocoon Silk

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Silkworm harvesting improves livelihoods in Egyptian village

Hechi expert brings silk farming technology to Ethiopia

Microbial technology enhances silkworm production in Hechi

President puts museums in spotlight

Nuggets on silk

How research and advanced tech helped India boost raw silk production

Where do the wild colours of domesticated silkworm cocoons come from?

Yizhou Sanghai Siyuan Pastoral Complex perfects silk industry chain

Yizhou Sanghai Siyuan Pastoral Complex perfects silk industry chain

Village in Tai'an boasts mulberry leaves tea industry

Pole position for culture

Pole position for culture

Silk Road Guangxi Hechi Silk Industry Park

Fengshan Sanmenhai Pastoral Complex

Silk Road Guangxi Hechi Silk Industry Park

Wuxi introduces 10 'worth visiting places on the doorstep'

Bangladesh vision, China tradition

Are insects the future of food?

Multipurpose silk-based medical tools provide ray of hope

A First Feline comes to White House, as the Bidens get a cat

$139 m cocoon silk project starts construction in Yizhou

$139 m cocoon silk project starts construction in Yizhou

$139 m cocoon silk project starts construction in Yizhou