Cambodian government is encouraging farmers to expand the mulberry trees planting and silkworms feeding under the "one village for one product" policy to produce silk to fulfill the demands in domestic and foreign markets, a senior official said on Monday.
There are up to 20 hectares of land for plant mulberry trees in Sre Cheing commune, Chom Kiri district in Kompot province, Sun Kunthor, an advisor for Cambodian government and secretary general of the committee of one village one product, told Xinhua.
"I saw mulberry trees and silkworms grew well there," he said, adding that the government wants to develop that place with roads and water dams.
We are using the techniques and seeds from China to plant mulberry trees in Chom Kiri district, Son Kunthor said.
He said some Chinese experts told him that the weather in Cambodia is good for silkworms feeding and they can harvest their products in the whole year.
"In Cambodia, we need to feed the silkworm for 20 to 30 days before it can spin strings of silks, but in China it will need about 45 days," he quoted an expert as saying.
The expert said that 100 kg of silkworm cocoon can yield 20 to 22 kg of silk, he added.
"We have the plan to establish the Association of Mulberry Trees Planters to protect the benefits of our silk products," he said, "When we expanded our land for planting mulberry tress to 800-1000 hectares, foreign investors will come here to set up a factory to make silk for exporting."
"If we can produce raw materials of silk in the country, local people will have jobs to do," he said, adding that it will help promote higher living standards, reduce poverty, stop labor migration and increase the national revenues.
Source: Xinhua
There are up to 20 hectares of land for plant mulberry trees in Sre Cheing commune, Chom Kiri district in Kompot province, Sun Kunthor, an advisor for Cambodian government and secretary general of the committee of one village one product, told Xinhua.
"I saw mulberry trees and silkworms grew well there," he said, adding that the government wants to develop that place with roads and water dams.
We are using the techniques and seeds from China to plant mulberry trees in Chom Kiri district, Son Kunthor said.
He said some Chinese experts told him that the weather in Cambodia is good for silkworms feeding and they can harvest their products in the whole year.
"In Cambodia, we need to feed the silkworm for 20 to 30 days before it can spin strings of silks, but in China it will need about 45 days," he quoted an expert as saying.
The expert said that 100 kg of silkworm cocoon can yield 20 to 22 kg of silk, he added.
"We have the plan to establish the Association of Mulberry Trees Planters to protect the benefits of our silk products," he said, "When we expanded our land for planting mulberry tress to 800-1000 hectares, foreign investors will come here to set up a factory to make silk for exporting."
"If we can produce raw materials of silk in the country, local people will have jobs to do," he said, adding that it will help promote higher living standards, reduce poverty, stop labor migration and increase the national revenues.
Source: Xinhua
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