| The original focus industries were pottery, sericulture, carpentry, textiles, coconut fiber, and woven mats. |
| A few women expressed willingness to train in sericulture and sought the help of the Sericulture Department to market the cocoons. |
| Dyed silk was purchased from Arab and Indian traders until sericulture was introduced on the island in the early nineteenth century. |
| Such climatical conditions are conducive for the cultivation of mulberry trees, sericulture and fish farming. |
| He said she failed to make much headway in sericulture because the department was neglected over the years. |
| The department of sericulture, on the other hand, had accepted the problem of children working in silk factories as a necessary evil. |
