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The article offers information on the topics of group discussions organized by the Central Silk Board in India as of December 2013. Topics discussed include the sustainable leaf production from wider spacing of mulberry tree plantings at Chamarajanagar district, management of mulberry trees and silkworms at Kadekal village and the motivation of farmers to venture into sericulture in Mangala village.

The article reports on field days (FD) related to sericulture in India that are organized by the Central Silk Board as of December 2013. Topics covered include a panel discussion on bivoltine silkworm rearing technology at Haveri district, the FD on sericulture technology at the Research Extension Center in Bageshwar and the exhibition cum FD scheduled by the Regional Sericultural Research Station in Jorhat at Golaghat district.

The article focuses on mulberry sericulture in Maheshpur Raj, Jharkhand, India. Five crop pattern of West Bengal are followed by sericulture farmers in Jharkhand. Data analysis revealed a declining trend in respect of consumption of dfls during 2005-06 and 2010-2012. Tables show the percentage of distribution of sericulture farmers from 2010-12, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to mulberry sericulture.

This section offers news briefs related to sericulture training programmes conducted in India as of April 2012. A stipendiary farmers' training programme on mulberry sericulture was organized by the State Sericulture Department at Pakur, Jharkand. The Regional Sericultural Research Station, Kodathi conducted three training programmes on mulberry cultivation and disease management. The Regional Sericultural Research Station, Jorhat, Assam organized a mulberry sericulture training programme.

The article offers news briefs on workshops related to sericulture in India. Topics discussed include a presentation about the upgrade of textile industry equipment that is inaugurated by former BUDA chairman Shri Shankar M. Buchadi, a sericulture workshop organized by the District Sericulture Officer and District Collector in Mandla and the three demonstrations scheduled by the Regional Muga Research Station in Boko.

The article reports on a sericulture field day-cum-exhibition that was organized by the Central Silk Board's Research Extension Centre in Maheshpur Raj, India, and held on September 13, 2012, at Amritpur village in Pakur.

The article presents the highlights of the two field days held at Amritpur, Pakur, Jharkhand in India on February 7, 2012 and February 14, 2012 including silkworm rearing, complexities of mulberry cultivation, and irrigation in mulberry fields.

The article reports on the launch of technology awareness programmes by the Regional Eri Research Station in the Indian silk industry in 2011. One of the programmes discussed the importance of disinfection and maintenance of hygiene to silkworm rearing management. Another programme focused on new technologies of mulberry cultivation. Meanwhile, the Research Extension Centre organized an awareness-cum-training programme.

The article reports on a training programme on integrated nutrient management organized by RSRS, Kodathi and DOS in Pavagada, India, on August 2 and 3, 2011. The programme was participated by 15 serculturists. It included training on growing green manure crops, microbial-aided compost technology and the use of biofertilizers to improve soil health and fertility.

The article offers information on field days held in India in July 2011. A field day was organized by Research Extension Centre, Gobichettipalayam in association with Assistant Director of Sericulture, Erode under Bhavani Cluster Promotion Programme. Research Extension Centre, Maheshpur Raj, Pakur, Jharkhand organized a field day-cum exhibition at Amritpur, Pakur, Jharkhand. Departments of Sericulture (DOS) organized a study tour for on-spot analysis.

The article reports on an awareness and Farmers Field School program organized by the Research Extension Centre in Jharkhand, India on April 18, 2013 to educate farmers about improved sericulture activities.

The article discusses the highlights of a farmers training-cum-audio-visual programme on mulberry cultivation and disinfection in rearing at Amritpur village, Pakur, India on January 29, 2013.

The article discusses the highlights of an audio-visual-cum-training programme organized by the Research Extension Centre under Farmers' Field School on December 19, 2012 at Kartikapara Pakur, Jharkhand, India.

The article reports that the Research Extension Centre in Maheshpur Raj in Pakur, Jharkhand, in India, organized a technology training and workshop under the Farmers Field School program on October 11, 2012.

The article reports that the Research Extension Centre in Baramati in Maharashtra, India, has organized a training workshop on the latest sericulture technologies on October 12, 2012.

The article discusses the highlights of a farmers training-cum-awareness programme for sensitisation of sericulturists that was organized by Research Extension Centre, Maheshpur Raj, Jharkhand, which was held on August 22, 2012 at village Kartikpara, Pakur in India.

The article reports on the field day-cum-exhibition, organized by the Research Extension Centre, held at Amritpur village in Jharkhand, India on July 26, 2012.

The article discusses the farmers' training programme organized by Research Extension Centre of Jharkhand on April 27, 2012 at Kartikpara, India for new sericulturists who have started test rearing of silkworm during Baisakhi, 2012 crop and an audio-visual-cum-training programme on June 7, 2012.

The article discusses a field day-cum-exhibition organized by the Research Extension Centre, Maheshpur Raj, Pakur, Jharkhand on May 25, 2012 at Amritpur, India where presenters talked about various topics including mulberry land preparation, silk worm rearing, and timely irrigation.

The article discusses the highlights of an awareness-cum-training programme organized by Research Extension Centre in Jharkhand, India on April 19, 2012 for woman sericulturists which include the inaugural speech of Dr. Dipesh Pandit on silkworm rearing during the Baisakhi crop 2012.

The article reports on the awareness and audio-visual program about sericulture held in Amritpur, India on January 12, 2012 and organized by the Jharkhand chapter of the Research Extension Centre.

The article reports on the field day and exhibit that is organized by the Research Entension Centre Jharkhand in Amritpur, Pakur on December 8, 2011 where Doctor Dipesh Pandit and Pilot Project Officer Shri Murulidhar Singh talked with the farmers.