India is the second largest producer of silk in the world.
For more than 2000 years the mulberry silkworm has been used for the production of silk fibre and this has been the livelihood of nearly six million Indians depending on sericulture - the cultivation of silkworms for silk production.
Sericulture, being an agro-based cottage industry is less power intensive, making it an ideal candidate for Biotechnology in India.
Application of Biotechnology for the improvement and modernization of silk production is of great importance to India.
Centre for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) has been promoting Public-Private Partnership which has an agricultural model where “biovillages” translate technology from science for the benefit of industry.
CIMAP's biovillages are present in Gujarat, UP, MP, AP, Uttaranchal, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Haryana and Punjab.
Many industries articulated their desire for contractual cultivation of medicinal and aromatic crops using CIMAP's technology which is harvested by the villagers in the 'biovillages' while attending an industry-farmers interaction recently organized.
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