नेविगेशन एवं शीर्षक अनूदित हैं। संस्थान द्वारा तैयार पृष्ठ सामग्री अंग्रेज़ी में ही है। English
Carries muga and eri extension into Arunachal Pradesh, where wild muga
silkworm populations occur in the foothills and eri culture is practised
by several communities.
At a glance
Unit
Regional Extension Centre, Sille
Type
Regional Extension Centre
Location
Sille, East Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh
Work of the unit
Muga and eri extension across Arunachal Pradesh
Popularisation of improved host plant material and rearing practice
Eri sericulture development under project MOE 05044
The centre
The Research Extension Centre at Sille, Oyan — East Siang district, with a visiting student group.The centre’s exhibition stall at a district fair.Muga and eri fabric on display at the institute’s stall.At the College of Agriculture, Pasighat.
Host plant and nursery
Host plant seedlings raised in polybags at the centre’s nursery.Sowing a seed bed at the nursery.Som plantation at the centre.Young som plants in a block plantation.Host plant block plantation raised for eri rearing.Staff and rearers in a host plant plantation.Field visit to a rearer’s plantation.Preparing host plant cuttings at Pasighat.Planting saplings at Donyi Polo Tea Estate, East Siang.Planting material loaded for distribution to rearers.Planting material handed over to rearers.
Rearing, grainage and cocoon
Muga mother moths on kharikas at the grainage.Cocoon stock assessed at the centre.Eri rearing in progress at a rearer’s house, Yagrung.A rearing household visited by the centre.Eri cloth woven by a rearer’s household, shown during a field visit.Weaving on the handloom.
Training and extension
Farmers Skill Development Training Programme on Eri and Muga Culture, Sille, 5–7 February 2026.Inauguration of the skill development training programme.Field demonstration of host plant management to trainees.Plastic mountages distributed to rearers at the centre.National Handloom Day observed at the M.G. Community Skill Development and Training Centre, Oyan.Participants at the National Handloom Day programme, Oyan.
At the centre
Quarterly meeting of the Official Language Implementation Committee.Swachhata Hi Seva programme at a local school.Swachhata Hi Seva — planting at the centre.Staff taking the cleanliness pledge.Cleaning the centre’s approach road.
Programme allocation, 2026-27
Programme
Allocation
Awareness programmes
3 (150)
Technology demonstrations
2 (50)
Farmers Skill Training
1 programme / 25 stakeholders
Technology Orientation
1 programme / 10 stakeholders
Sericulture Resource Centres
5 programmes / 50 stakeholders
Extension figures show programmes with stakeholders reached in
brackets. Full plan on
प्रसार संचार
and Capacity Building.
Arunachal Pradesh carries a proposed target rising from 73 MT in 2026-27 to
104 MT in 2030-31.
