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Business EconomyPosted at: May 23 2016 4:45PM


SCM of Tata Steel to conserve silkworm breed Sukinda Ecorace

Bhubaneswar, May 23 (UNI) The Sukinda Chromite Mine (SCM) of Tata Steel, located at Sukinda block of Jajpur district in Odisha, has taken steps to conserve the indigenous silkworm breed Sukinda Ecorace.
The decision to conserve the silkworm breed was taken while celebrating International Day of Biological Diversity yesterday with this year’s theme ‘Mainstreaming Biodiversity; Sustaining People and their Livelihoods’.
SCM sources said out of eight breeds of silkworms available in Odisha, hundreds of farmers in the region depend on tasar farming of Sukinda Ecorace for their livelihood.
The natural habitat of superior Sukinda Ecorace breed is Sukinda region where the forest type is tropical moist deciduous and the soil type is red loamy.
The experts of Pilot Project Centre(PPC), Sukinda under Directorate of Textile, Government of Odisha and Regional Extension Centre of Central Silk Board (CSB), Baripada, under Government of India have started working on conservation of the specie.
The SCM has come forward to join hands with them to contribute its bit to save this superior indigenous breed and promote biodiversity.It has already started work to identify the areas that need urgent intervention, particularly forest patches of the region where this breed is naturally available, facilitating more cocoon grainages and raising nursery for its primary food plants like Arjun (Terminalia Arjuna) and Asana (Terminalia Tomentosa) ,etc. are also being explored.
Central Silk Board (SCB ) scientist Dr Prashant Kar has appreciated the efforts of conserving the indigenous variety of silkworm which, he said, is highly essential to preserving our biodiversity and increasing tasar productivity.
Assistant Director, Sericulture, Government of Odisha Ajay Patra, said it is a matter of concern for all of us as the population of Sukinda Ecorace has gone down drastically adding that serious efforts are required to help conserve the specie.
General Manager, Operations, Ferro Alloys and Minerals Division Pankaj Satija, said the SCM will continue to collaborate with local government agencies for protection and promotion of Sukinda Ecorace to help the local farmers and contribute to biological diversity of the region.
Around 100 tasar farmers of Sukinda and Bamnipal area had attended the interactive session with the experts.
Draoupadi Tiria, a national award winning local tasar farmer and 9 other farmers who had exemplary harvest of tasar were felicitated on the occasion.
Tata Steel Rural Development Society (TSRDS), the CSR wing of the steel major, is already providing support to more than 420 tasar farmers near Bamnipal through training, exposure visit, monitoring and by providing tools and accessories.
SCM has been organising series of events to contribute to National Biodiversity Targets like Spot the Species, Leaf Identification, Green Therapy, Jaibakala Vividhata, Prajatiya Khadyotsav and recently launched an awareness campaign on “Snakes are Friends”.
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