Silk Farming

Local silk sector to be protected

hindu.com     Aug 25, 2008          

75 p.c. of country’s silk output comes from State Fluctuating cocoon prices also proving to be a worry Bangalore: The State Government has decided to take steps to prevent silk yarn from being smuggled into the State....                    

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Rwanda: Silkworms - Use Out-Grower Schemes for Top Production

allafrica.com     Aug 19, 2008   1 related          

Posted to the web 19 August 2008 Kigali Usine Textile du Rwanda (Utexrwa) has invested an equivalent of Frw2.8 billion in developing a silk textile industry in the country. This money has been sunk into remodeling a cotton...                    

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How to Nip Corn's Nemesis

washingtonpost.com     Aug 14, 2008          

Ants are famous as the spoilers of picnics. But the corn earworm is a strong contender for the role of summer party pooper. Whether you're boiling a pot of fresh-picked sweet corn on the beach or roasting the ears in their...                    

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Judith Blau: Trade, Economists, and Collective Goods

huffingtonpost.com     Aug 14, 2008          

Why we leave trade up to the economists is worth exploring. Joseph E. Stiglitz and Andrew Charlton contend in their recent book, Fair Trade for All, that poor nations themselves must set the terms of trade and of trade...                    

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Silk farming in trouble

thejapannews.net     Aug 14, 2008          

An organization affiliated with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries recently surveyed more than 900 people who had bought expensive kimono in the last three years. More than half of the respondents said they...                    

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YEMEN: Ministry issues warning on maize smut

irinnews.org     Aug 13, 2008   1 related          

SANAA, 13 August 2008 (IRIN) - The Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (MAI) has warned farmers about a fungus known as “maize smut” and asked them to use seeds that do not contain the fungus. The warning comes as the maize...                    

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Greening the grave

alternative-energy-news.info     Aug 13, 2008          

You hear a lot about green living these days, but what about green dying? Cynthia Beal has grave concerns about the environmental impact of death and burial. Even before staring down thyroid cancer, Beal, 50, worried what would...                    

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Sustainable Living Starts With You

textileweb.com     Aug 12, 2008          

The Benefits of Sustainable Fabrics and What to Look For Charleston, SC - Eve Blossom, founder and president of Lulan Artisans™, designers and producers of high-quality, handwoven, hand-dyed natural textiles, suggests a few...                    

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Wisconsin Woodsmoke: Ducks molt in late summer

rhinelanderdailynews.com     Aug 10, 2008          

Ced Vig The anticipation of vacation often provides more pleasure than the vacation itself.” Gulls are making their appearance Herring gulls migrate, and so we see the largest number of them in the spring and fall. Terns are...                    

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Silk reeling unit to go on steam from August 23

hindu.com     Aug 9, 2008          

It will have a capacity to produce 35 tonnes of fine quality white silk One more unit will come up at Udumalpet TIRUCHI: An automatic silk reeling unit, established at Gobichettipalayam with assistance from the Central Silk...                    

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