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Sri Lanka - Weaving Silk Threads For A Better Tomorrow

Sri Lanka - Weaving Silk Threads For A Better Tomorrow

10 February 1997

As a way out of poverty, Sri Lankans living on marginal land, have embraced sericulture or silkworm rearing. The silk industry was started 20 years ago by the United Nations Development Programme

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News & Features / Features / UN in Action
Corporate Name
UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME - UNDP
Subject Topical
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
EXPORTS
INDUSTRY
TRADE
Geographic Subject
ASIA
SRI LANKA
MAMS Id
UNA0493
Parent Id
UNA0493

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As a way out of poverty, Sri Lankans living on marginal land, have embraced sericulture or silkworm rearing. The silk industry was started 20 years ago by the United Nations Development Programme

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