Agro-Based Sericulture Wastes for the Development of Rural Based Industry in India

Sericulture mainly aims towards the production of high quality silk yarn from mulberry and non-mulberry silkworms. These insects belong to two different families of the order Lepidoptera, named as Bombycidae and Saturniidae as per host plants concern. Commercial production of silk is dependent primarily on three major steps: the cultivation of larval food plants, rearing of silkworms for cocoon formations and reeling processes for obtaining raw silkyarn.To perform all these activities successfully and profitably thus obtaining a number of organic wastes commonly known as seri-wastes. It is interesting to note that any kind of sericulture practising wastes can be a part of valuable utilisation in our life and for which additional income sources have been secured to the sericulture farmers, reelers and weavers too. It is well established that wastes generated during various steps in sericulture can also be recycled and reused appropriately. Mulberry sericulture is managed by rural populations whereas non-mulberry sericulture is easily handled by tribal communities. So, both the agro based productive bioresources will definitely inspire to build rural based industries in our country for better livelihood in these areas. This article thus provides detailed information about sources and utilities of seri-wastes and advancing future researchers to explore more useful products.

@article{sk2026,
  author  = {SK Nuri*1, Somdip Majumdar2 and Salil Raha3},
  title   = {{Agro-Based Sericulture Wastes for the Development of Rural Based Industry in India}},
  journal = {Journal of Bioresearch},
  year    = {2026},
  volume  = {2},
  number  = {2},
  doi     = {https://doi.org/10.56716/4/34235},
}