FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia

PHOTO STORY: Silk tradition prospers in Azerbaijan

14/08/2017

Silk production is as an ancient tradition in Azerbaijan, and spring is silkworm season. The Otharashvili family in Gakh region have a long, enclosed porch that they dedicate to the care and feeding of the distinctive white larvae. Care means maintaining the right temperature and humidity in the room. Feeding means never, ever running out of mulberry branches.