A Uygur woman revives old skills as she weaves silk using a loom as part of a restoration project at the Technological Protection Institute of the Academy of Turpan Studies.[Photo/provided to China ...

The Government has injected at least sh743b in commercial silk farming and production in 46 districts as part of the efforts to ensure evolution of the silk textile industry to boost foreign earnings.

For one month a year, from morning to night, Dilorom Nishanova grows silkworms, a painstaking and exhausting job. She has been doing it since she was 8. Uzbekistan’s authoritarian government insists ...

THIKA, Kenya – A growing number of Kenyan farmers are turning to silk production, in a move away from traditional cash crops such as coffee, maize, sugarcane and cotton. The rearing of silkworms is ...

Robert Goodden strolls by the big bug case and gently taps the glass. ”They`re ravenous creatures,” he declares, gazing at a flock of baby silkworms eagerly gnawing mulberry leaves. His worms are ...

Elias Kimanthi and Morris Gitonga at a farm in GItijiwe in Imenti South, Meru County where they do silk farming. PHOTO: LISPER NYAKIO. Traversing the southern part of Meru, Imenti South, in the ...

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