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NSDC Skill Gap Study of the North East - Nagaland
7.5Sericulture
Nagaland produces four varieties of silk: Eri, Muga, Oak Tasar and Mulberry.
Eri is the most prominent one and is occupies 88 per cent of the total area under silk cultivation.
Mokokchung and Zunheboto districts are the key silk farm areas.
Production of Eri silk has increased at a CAGR of 16 per cent from 85.2 MT in 2004-05 to 151.8
MT in 2008-09.
For promotion of sericulture in the State, The Department of Sericulture recently inaugurated a
Cocoon Bank in Dimapur. The bank aims to improve silk production from the State to make it
competitive in the country.
The authorities buy cocoons from the villages across the State and then sell in market for
extraction of silk for the production of clothes and other materials.
FIGURE 22: PRODUCTION OF SPUN ERI SILK
(MT)
MT – Metric Tonne; Sources: Statistical Handbook of Nagaland 2009; IMaCS Analysis
FIGURE 23: AREA UNDER SILK CULTIVATION
(HECTARES)
Sources: Statistical Handbook of Nagaland 2009; IMaCS Analysis
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