Silkworm farming can provide steady monthly income, with farmers able to harvest and sell products within about 30 days Kigali, Rwanda | JOHN MUGISHA | Rwanda’s silkworm farming and silk production ...

Fifty one years Old Emilly Bunoro showing Mulburry leaves used for feeding worms at Shiseno Village, Ikolomani Constituency on June 24, 2015. The worms provide raw materials used for making silk ...

With a long history of beekeeping dating back between 3500 and 3000 B.C. and a new growth in silk production, Ethiopia looks to expand both industries for increased economic opportunity for youth.

Silkworms are the larvae of the silk moth, one of thousands of insect species that wrap themselves in cocoons as they prepare for metamorphosis. It’s one of nature’s most industrious insects — and the ...

Chinese scientists have developed a method to manually spin silk from silkworms that can make it 70 percent tougher compared to the silk spun by spiders, according to South China Morning Post. This ...

Yes, Lancaster County once had a thriving silkworm farming industry. Yes, Lancaster County once had the largest single silk-weaving mill in the United States. No, the two did not work together. They ...

TANGYAN, Myanmar (Reuters) - Zhou Xing Ci’s family have farmed poppies for as long as anyone remembers, scraping the flowers' sticky brown sap to produce opium. Along with many other farmers in the ...