SAMPLES. A bunch of silkworm larvae feeding on mulberry leaves is on display at the Department of Science and Technology - Philippine Textile Research Institute in Villanueva, Misamis Oriental in this undated photo. On Friday (March 11, 2022), DOST officials visited the headquarters and opened the filature facility for silkworm textile production. (PNA photo by Nef Luczon) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - In 2020, Alfredo Angcop used a hectare of his farmland to venture into planting mulberries in Claveria, Misamis Oriental. Months later, he started rearing silkworms. In his town, there are 20 of them who are engaged in sericulture, but it was not easy for starters like him. "You need to plant mulberries and grow them for at least seven months, after that you get those (silkworm) larvae," he said in the vernacular during an interview Friday. Angcop said feeding the silkworm larvae need attention and close monitoring, a routine he had to adjust to for months, not like the other crops tha