http://www.theindependent-bd.com/details.php?nid=147148
BSB to establish mulberry nursery on 760 bighas of land
Bss, RAJSHAHI
Oct 24: The Bangladesh Sericulture Board (BSB) has been working to establish mulberry nursery and mini-garden on more 760 bighas of land for production of eight lakh mulberry saplings and 10 lakh disinfectant eggs.
BSB Chairman Sunil Chandra Pal told the agency that the extension work of the mulberry farming is being operated under a two-year project titled “Implementation of Sericulture Extension and Development Work Plan”.
Apart from repairing and renovating 14 more nurseries, he said 20 projection plots would be raised for boosting production of high- yielding mulberry plants.
He said, the development project is being implemented in around 40 districts since July 2008 at a cost of Taka 12.16 crore.
Main objective of the project is to develop and extend sericulture and silk industry with the active participation of the government, private entrepreneurs and NGOs keeping consistency with the PRSP in the light of Millennium Development Goal (MDG).
Strengthening the motivation work along with building up a sound relationship between GO and NGO for accelerating the sericulture movement in the country is the main objective of the plan.
Besides, it has also been increasing mulberry cultivation and providing incentive to the farmers and other people engaged in mulberry plantation, production of cocoons and silk yarn and creating marketing facilities of silk product in the country.
In order to develop expertise, Sunil Chandra said, intensive training would be arranged at home and abroad for the manpower and professionals engaged in sericulture.
Likewise, the targeted farmers and other beneficiaries would be provided with financial supports and other inputs for mulberry production and cocoon rearing.
The existing chawki rearing centers would be extended and renovated for raising healthy batch of chowki silk-worm and distribution to the farmers.
He said, sericulture activities are agri-oriented, labour-intensive and part of rural cottage industries, so the expanded activities have been producing positive results in accelerating rural economy.
