Government of Uganda

March 13, 2023

TRIDI RECEIVES A NEW SET OF SILK MACHINES

The silk industry in Uganda continues to grow on a daily as new development set in each passing day, ranging from the flourishing mulberry gardens to the amazing silkworm rearing process and now the industry is steadily transitioning to commercialization processes of post-cocoon processing and fabrication.
September 20, 2022

Mulberry – the key backbone to a successful silk business

Mulberry, solely, can give a guarantee assurance to healthy rearing processes, healthy worms and great cocoon output when rearing silkworms, and so it is very important to pay utmost attention to the garden as a farmer, because the performance of the mulberry automatically affects the performance of silkworms, at the end of the rearing cycle.
April 27, 2022

GOVERNMENT SHOWS COMMITMENT IN PROMOTING SILKWORM FARMING IN UGANDA

At a distance, they look like tiny strips of white thread. But up close, you see some forward movements as the silkworms measuring about 35cm nibble at green mulberry leaves. The silkworm looks nothing like silk. Where the fabric is light, lustrous and delicate, the caterpillar is fat and grayish. A few meters away from a writhing mass of these worms, you can hear them joyfully devouring leaves in what sounds like a light rainfall on an old tinned roof.
April 21, 2022

Uganda to officially commence silk fabric production on complete installation of 2 silk factories

With the installation of these machines, Uganda stands a great opportunity to great revenue and much better, more employment opportunities for her population, leading to improved standards of living through improved household incomes, with the great number employment opportunities created by the project.