Silk Worms by the thousands, in trays and shelves, pre-silk cocoon making, in Mizoram

From the archive record

Mizo are working in Zemabawk, Mizoram for sericulture department. Mizo are systematically putting silkworms from bowl made from bamboo to metal tray which have net. Silkworm are moving and competing for space and food among themselves. Sericulture is an agro-based industry. It involves rearing of silkworms for the production of raw silk, which is the yarn obtained out of cocoons spun by Bombyx mori. The major activities of sericulture comprises of food plant cultivation to feed the silkworms which spin silk cocoons and reeling the cocoons for unwinding the silk filament for value added benefits such as processing and weaving. Source : sericulture.mizoram.gov.in This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery