The institute’s newest research station and its only one outside the North East. Bihar is a non-traditional state for ericulture, and this station exists to test whether eri culture transfers to the castor-growing belt of the Gangetic plain — a different climate, different cropping calendar and a farming community with no sericultural tradition to build on.
At a glance
| Unit | Regional Sericulture Research Station, Begusarai |
|---|---|
| Type | Regional Sericulture Research Station |
| Location | Begusarai, Bihar |
Work of the unit
- Adapting eri rearing practice to Bihar’s climate and cropping calendar
- Castor-based ericulture in a non-traditional state
- Extension into a farming community new to sericulture
Bihar carries a proposed raw silk target rising from 65 MT in 2026-27 to
99 MT in 2030-31.
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