UTCN Silk: A National Silk Industry for Nepal
From mulberry plantations to reeling, weaving, branding and export markets.
A national silk industry, built cluster by cluster
UTCN is building an integrated national silk industry — from mulberry plantations and silkworm rearing to reeling, weaving, branding and export. The goal is not a project. The goal is a permanent industry that keeps value inside Nepal.
Every cluster we develop is designed to be commercially viable, women-inclusive, and connected to real domestic and international markets.
Mulberry to market — nine linked steps
A silk program shaped for Nepal's geography
Working with HFMN, provincial and local governments, cooperatives and private partners, UTCN identifies suitable land, mobilizes farmers, and installs processing and branding infrastructure — cluster by cluster, across Nepal.
- Suitable mulberry belts identified across mid-hill and terai districts.
- Cooperative-led rearing, aggregation and reeling.
- Central processing, weaving and branding hubs.
10,000 Ropani Silk Cluster
One cluster is a complete, self-contained silk value chain — replicable across Nepal.
- 1 Mulberry plantation
- 2 Silkworm rearing
- 3 Cocoon aggregation
- 4 Reeling
- 5 Spinning
- 6 Weaving
- 7 Quality control
- 8 Branding & market linkage
40 × 10,000 = 400,000
Ropani under mulberry across 40 silk clusters nationwide.
Long-term income for 20,000+ farming households.
Employment across rearing, reeling and weaving.
40 reeling & weaving hubs, one national brand.
Foreign exchange from silk yarn and finished goods.
What UTCN is building in silk today
Sankhejung Partnership
Silk-tea agroforestry pilots on tea-adjacent land — mulberry inter-cropping and shared cooperative infrastructure with existing tea programs.
Partner with UTCN Silk
Register as a producer, buy from clusters or invest in the national silk industry.