Action Plan - Central Silk Board

• Conducted eight field days and six awareness camps
• Extended assistance to 60 adopted seed rearers
Extension Activities
Conducted Muga and Eri Krishi mela, Awareness Programme, Field day, Farmers
Training, etc., at various units in North Eastern region and west Bengal.
Decisions
Identify the cooler zones for seed multiplication in summer and warmer zones in
winter and concentrate commercial rearing only in two major crop seasons (spring
and autumn). Accordingly, the areas and ASRs for different seed crops may be
identified.
Set the seed production targets as per the capacity of the units and the favourable
climate.
Crop failures need to be studied to avoid crisis in seed production
Maintain required back up for production of seed for sufficient seed production
Involve the farmers rearing on muga plantations in VGRs for seed cocoon
production
Closely monitor and collect the feed back after supplying the Basic seed to DoS.
Pebrine management should have a high priority and taskforces should be
constituted for pebrine monitroring.
All the staff working at RECs should be involved in disease management and crop
monitoring.
Expedite the allotment of land for Eri Basic Seed Farm and obtain revenue
clearance.
As there is no clear cut Road map for Vanya silks, suggested to conduct a
workshop for Muga and Eri involving all the Commissioners / Directors of States,
experts and Officers from CSB and other stakeholders of NE States and prepare a
Road Map for development of muga and eri silk industry by 3 rd week of April, 2012.
To prepare the Road Map a committee may be constituted.
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