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Scaling up Sericulture Production
(FSRE-FUND)
By Asheafi Hailu
Presented at
EKN Learning Event
Ghion Hotel, Addis Ababa
Dec 16, 2015
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Bere Sericulture Production
Private Limited Company
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Introduction
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Bere sericulture PLC is aimed at
Cocoon producing
Processing the cocoon
Silk production
Is a new technology to Ethiopian agriculture
Production of feed, rearing silkworms and processing
• Limitations
Finance
Production and processing skills
Processing machineries
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• Bere sericulture PLC intended to
Scaling up
Introducing sericulture technology
Silk production to farmers
Silk processing machines
Feed production and improvement
Create work opportunity
Improve food security
Financially empower women and youths
Market link
Local market and international
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Achievements
Bere scaled up
Silkworm rearing techniques
Feeding management
Silkworm disease prevention and control system
Cocoon pre and post harvest management
Seed preparation
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Bere Sericulture introduced new machines
Boiling
Steaming
drying
Reeling
Re-reeling
Twisting
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With the help of FSRE-Fund
Drying Steaming
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With support of FSRE-Fund
Yarn scale Yarn scale
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Cocoon Cooking
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With support of FSRE-Fund
Boiling machine Re-reeling
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Reeling machines
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Winding, Twisting & Doubling
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New buildings
Drying room
Reeling room
Spinning room
Training rooms
Trainings farmers and out-growers
147 farmers and out-growers trained
35 employees and 10 DA’s trained
Experience sharing
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Farmers and out-growers
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Training
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Training out growers and farmers
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Training of employees
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Cocoon production introduced to farmers
67 out-growers started cocoon production
10 farmers started cocoon production
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Improved leave production
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Seed and larvae distributed to farmers
Castor & mulberry
Selected cocoon, egg & larvae
Feeding tray
Supply of cocoon by out-growers and farmers
On average 125 kg of cocoon per cycle
Farmers, women and youths generate income
Supported their food supply
Women started saving money….. Empowered
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Yarn produced by new machine
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Marketing and product promotion
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….promotion….
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Market
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Before FSRE-FUND
only one buyer (Saba Hare PLC)
Today additional buyers introduced
Saba Hare PLC (from Canada)
Paradise fashion (local company)
Suzanne Said (from France)
Linkage was created with
Green Agricultural Science and Technology Co. Ltd
(China)
Silk Africa (South Africa)
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Challenges
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Difficulties to additional land access
Lack of skilled personnel & outflow
Out-growers challenge
Organized into groups
Members of the group fail to take equal responsibility
Less production of cocoon
Long process in custom
It took more than 6 month to get machines from custom
authority
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Solution to the challenges
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Company’s employee assigned to
Encourage & monitor out-growers
Promote and encourage farmers
Strongly working with agriculture office
In 6 potential villages
Providing
seed, larvae, cocoon and tray
Revising integration with
Arba Minch University
Arba Minch Research Institute
Bahir-Dare and Jima Universities
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Solutions
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Future prospects
ICIPE will support the out-growers
Discussion with Chinese and Indian producer
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Scalability of sericulture /prosperity/
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Linking out-growers with
ICIPE to assist out-growers
Higher educational institutions to their community service
activities
Government extension expertise
Diversifying and integrating multiple projects
Fish farming
Poultry
Apiculture
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Solutions
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Testing the silkworm and feed for disease
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Than You!!