Participation of Cuban experts in the Congress of Sericulture held in India

Within the framework of the SEDA Project, Engineers Marlene Prieto and Dayron Martin from the Indio Hatuey Experimental Station for Pasture and Forage (EEPFIH), in Cuba, attended the 6th Asia-Pacific Congress of Sericulture and Insect Biotechnology, APSERI 2019, coordinated by the International Sericultural Commission in the city of Mysore, India.

They presented research work on agroecological strategies in the Sericulture cycle to increase the added value and evaluation of Sericin hydrolysate extraction methods.

At the opening event and throughout the working sessions, experts had the opportunity to exchange knowledge with delegates from more than 20 countries on many aspects of research, promotion and innovation in the silk industry.