Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Cambodian silk industry on its last threads
Posted on 03:15 by gaurav kumar
A Cambodian woman weaves at her home on Koh Dach island in Phnom Penh. —Photo by AFP
PHNOM PENH (AFP): In a small room in the Cambodian capital,
laboratory technicians wearing latex gloves and flip-flops inspect
hundreds of buzzing white silkworm moths before pairing them up to mate.
With its silk industry in rapid decline, Cambodia is pinning its
hopes on moth matchmaking and disease
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