Help Farmers Rear Silk Moths to Restore Forests Photo Gallery
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Argema mittrei
Argema mittrei, the comet moth, is CPALI's second target species and spins a beautiful, silvery cocoon (photo credit: Caroline Kenney).
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CPALI farmer Odette
Odette, CPALI entrepreneur farmer, shows off silk moth food plant planted in garden.
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CPALI project beneficiaries
Farmers who produce 2 kg of cocoons earn enough money to send three chldren to school for a year. (credit K. Norvig)
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Wild silk textile
Non-spun textile is one of CPALI's first products and was designed at the team workshop in October 2009. The translucent cloth reveals CPALI's garden.
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Antherina suraka caterpillars
These caterpillars produce the golden colored silk. They are native to Madagascar. All cocoons are collected before the larvae emerge.
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Early adopters
These farmers from the village of Ambodiovanghy, Madagascar, were the first to volunteer to raise silk moths on their land outside of the Makira Protected Area
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CPALI House
The CPALI demonstration site in Maroantsetra, Madagascar. Here villagers and tourists can see how to raise silk moths on host plants intercropped in a kitchen garden.
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CPALI Implementation Team
(l-r) Mamy Ratsimbazafy (Field Director), Bertrand (Assistant), Mario Jaofeno (Assistant). They maintain the Demonstration site and teach farmers how to raise their own cocoons.
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Ambodivoangy Children
Children along the banks of the Antainambalana River, Makira, Madagascar. (credit: K. Norvig)
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Cocoons
Cocoons from Borocera moths, ready to be processed. Note the natural bronze/golden color. CPALI has guaranteed to purchase the cocoons from the early adopters.
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A. suraka cocoons
A. suraka cocoons are diverse in color and characterized by a metallic-like sheen.
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