Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
SERICULTURE
sericulture
(noun) the production of raw silk by raising silkworms
sericulture
(noun) raising silkworms in order to obtain raw silk
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sericulture (usually uncountable, plural sericultures)
(agriculture) The rearing of silkworms for the production of silk. [from early 19th c.]
Synonym: sericiculture
Source: Wiktionary
Ser"i*cul`ture, n. Etym: [See Sericeous, and Culture.]
Definition: The raising of silkworms.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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