Silky coating
KENYA
Silken feed
One-man show
An Army Captain-turned-farmer traces the silk route to success
Super silk
Spider gene unravelled
Spin it like spider
Modified silkworms created to spin spider silk
Stop replication
Viral genome reveals the way to check attacks on tassar
Sericultured
Focus shifts to man-made fibre
Farmers sidelined in draft national fibre policy
The fundamental shift
Return to the basics: create jobs in the hinterland
Losing shine
Falling profits discourage silk farmers
Identity crisis
Whether bamboo is a grass or a tree is a question of survival for many
Living off leaves
Sal leaf trade has enormous potential but suffers abject neglect
Silk care to protect skin from UV rays
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