(Baonghean.vn) - The silkworm breeding and cocoon reeling profession has been maintained for a long time in Dien Kim commune (Dien Chau - Nghe An). What is special is that in this traditional craft village, there is a model of "Smart silkworm breeding" - by letting silkworms directly weave silk on molds to produce products such as silk carpets for export, bringing in double the profit compared to traditional silk reeling products.
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| Silkworm farming in Dien Kim (Dien Chau - Nghe An). Currently, the silkworm village here has 140 households, an increase of 40 households compared to 2015. |
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| Raising silkworms in a new way by letting silkworms spin silk on a mold and weaving it into a carpet. 1kg of silkworms (traditional silkworm farming) costs 500,000 VND; while 1kg of raw carpet woven by silkworms costs 800 - 900,000 VND. |
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| Carpets are woven by silkworms themselves according to the frame during the silk spinning process. A silk carpet measuring 2.2m x 1.8m (nearly 4m2) is woven from 15 - 16kg of ripe silkworms. Mr. Nguyen Van Truong in Dien Kim is the first person to implement this model. |
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| Silkworm pupae after weaving silk are also sold to consumers as food. |
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| Currently, this craft village has 55 hectares of mulberry cultivation. Mr. Pham Xuan Bang - Chairman of Dien Kim Commune People's Committee said that the silkworm breeding and weaving model in Dien Kim - Dien Chau is nearly twice as effective as the traditional silkworm breeding and weaving method; The production potential of Dien Kim's silkworm weaving model is very large, especially in terms of labor and mulberry raw materials. However, the locality is currently facing difficulties in infrastructure, and has not yet planned land for construction of premises and workshops for households in the craft village to replicate the silkworm weaving model. |
Tran Canh Yen(Dien Chau)
