Wild silk development

- Wild silk development to revive Java Forest -

The Yogyakarta royal family is responsible for protecting and nurturing Javanese traditional culture. Many traditional cultures are still inherited on Java Island, and especially Batik (Javanese cloth) and Ikat have been highly evaluated worldwide. However, at present, most of the raw material silk is imported from China and other countries.
At the early stage of the project, we tried to promote ordinary silk with the aim of producing raw materials in our country. However, domestic silkworms are required to compete with China and other countries in the global market at low prices, and in order to do so, they must consider considerable investment plans based on mechanization. During the economic crisis, Sultan and Queen found the possibility to develop wild silkworms as a business that can be done without the burden of initial investment and ongoing funds for farmers.

Tree planting village development

- For sustainable regional revitalization -

In this project, the Royal Family of Yogyakarta, Ministry of Forestry, Special Province of Yogyakarta, prefectures, villages, universities, private sector, and volunteers participated. From Japan, experts in agricultural development and disaster prevention have volunteered to participate. .. From now on, accepting people returning with a dream, the "Javanese Forest Conservation Forest Tree Planting Village Development" project will be started by the long-term dev. of wild silkworms, which will be led by local residents for 20 or 30 years.

Currently, the Royal Family of Yogyakarta has established the Royal Silk Foundation to create an organization for the smooth promotion of business and to create a system in which business support is widely accepted from all sides. The foundation has established the Imogiri Fund to continue tree-planting support at a certain percentage of the Atacas Clicula product sales amount.
The exchange with Japan started from the wild silkworm development project, the collaboration between the wild silkworm products and the Japanese clothing industry progressed, and the development of the kimono production of the world's intangible cultural heritage Batik (Java Sarasa) as a handmade collaboration project. In the future, we are considering the market expansion to 240 million people in Indonesia by co-produced by traditional craftsmen in Japan, "Yuzen dyeing" and "Nishijin weaving", and Indonesian craftsmen.
In addition, the Indonesian wild silkworm project is expanding to support the development of wild silkworms in the Republic of Botswana, Africa, and the support for handicrafts in Cambodia.