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NAGPUR: Sericulture or silk farming is all set for a big leap in Vidarbha. The Central Silk Board, Mysore and the directorate of sericulture (DOS), Maharashtra have embarked upon an ambitious plan to produce export quality silk in the state. Hence both the bodies have decided to fund whopping Rs 10 crore covering 250 acres of land 250 farmers from two tehsils of Nagpur district - Nagpur rural and Kuhi tehsil - under the XIth plan to promote mulberry farming and silk production in the region.
Director of Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute (CSRTI), Mysore Dr C N Kamble, that the CSB and Ministry of Textiles will bear 50 per cent of the fund while the state government will give 25 per cent and farmers or entrepreneurs are will account for remaining 25 per cent.
The catalytic development programme (CDP) will be taken up in two phases. The first phase - the pre-cocoon phase, consisting of mulberry cultivation, irrigation, rearing houses, supply of rearing equipment, disinfectants and chawki rearing centres (CRC) will get developed at cost of Rs 2.3 crore while the post-cocoon phase, consisting of cocoon to fabric stage, will be funded to the tune of Rs 7.5 crore. The post-cocoon phase will include reeling, weaving and fabric-making which will involve entrepreneurs, NGOs or self help groups (SHGs) wishing to set up reeling and weaving units.
"Presently most (70-80 per cent) silk in Maharashtra comes from the cross breed cocoons (CBS) which cannot be exported. The CSB plans to increase the production of the export quality silk produced from silk worm races, which can survive two (bi-voltine) to multiple (multi-voltine) generations,'' Dr Kamble said. The present cross breed silk in Maharashtra is either A or below A grade whereas the export quality is graded at three A plus.
The CDP plan being implemented under the Institute Village Linkage Programme includes revival, expansion, diversification of sericulture for bivoltine mulberry which involves identification of farmers or village clusters ( at least 200 farmers) and adoption of clusters with foreword and backward linkages for increasing productivity and quality.
Meeting today: Meanwhile, the Maharashtra state sericulture co-ordination committee meeting will be held at Amravati on Tuesday wherein the place for regional sericulture research centre will be decided.
Dr Kamble said Maharashtra needs to improve its DFL quality which has gone down from 3.1 lakh to 1.27 lakh. As an initial support the CSB is leasing out its Gadhinglaj model reeling centre in Kolhapaur district on February 25, 2008. But if the DOS fails to live upto the mark CSB could take it back.
Source:Industry Website
Director of Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute (CSRTI), Mysore Dr C N Kamble, that the CSB and Ministry of Textiles will bear 50 per cent of the fund while the state government will give 25 per cent and farmers or entrepreneurs are will account for remaining 25 per cent.
The catalytic development programme (CDP) will be taken up in two phases. The first phase - the pre-cocoon phase, consisting of mulberry cultivation, irrigation, rearing houses, supply of rearing equipment, disinfectants and chawki rearing centres (CRC) will get developed at cost of Rs 2.3 crore while the post-cocoon phase, consisting of cocoon to fabric stage, will be funded to the tune of Rs 7.5 crore. The post-cocoon phase will include reeling, weaving and fabric-making which will involve entrepreneurs, NGOs or self help groups (SHGs) wishing to set up reeling and weaving units.
"Presently most (70-80 per cent) silk in Maharashtra comes from the cross breed cocoons (CBS) which cannot be exported. The CSB plans to increase the production of the export quality silk produced from silk worm races, which can survive two (bi-voltine) to multiple (multi-voltine) generations,'' Dr Kamble said. The present cross breed silk in Maharashtra is either A or below A grade whereas the export quality is graded at three A plus.
The CDP plan being implemented under the Institute Village Linkage Programme includes revival, expansion, diversification of sericulture for bivoltine mulberry which involves identification of farmers or village clusters ( at least 200 farmers) and adoption of clusters with foreword and backward linkages for increasing productivity and quality.
Meeting today: Meanwhile, the Maharashtra state sericulture co-ordination committee meeting will be held at Amravati on Tuesday wherein the place for regional sericulture research centre will be decided.
Dr Kamble said Maharashtra needs to improve its DFL quality which has gone down from 3.1 lakh to 1.27 lakh. As an initial support the CSB is leasing out its Gadhinglaj model reeling centre in Kolhapaur district on February 25, 2008. But if the DOS fails to live upto the mark CSB could take it back.
Source:Industry Website
