Proyecto SEDA - Sustainable Sericulture

Sericulture in educational fields

Buenos Aires
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Argentina
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November 01, 2019
ADELANTE Programme: Triangular Cooperation European Union Latin America and the Caribbean

Más 150 docentes recibieron capacitaciones sobre el manejo de producción sericícola en el aula

In October 2019, in the premises of the UBA Agricultural School, Experts from the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) gave a workshop on silkworm breeding in educational fields, with Green Schools and Teachers' Schools, from the Educational area of the CABA (Autonomous City of Buenos Aires).  "More than 150 teachers from primary and secondary schools and gardens of the Federal Capital were trained," said Agricultural Engineer Francisco Pescio, INTA technical expert for the Silk Project.

Within the framework of the training, larvae were delivered; they were generated by the Silk Laboratory of the Faculty of Agronomy of the University of Buenos Aires (FA UBA), and were raised by the Agricultural School of the UBA.