Silk road out of poverty for India's tribal communities

An Indian tribal silkworm farmer adjusts strings of cocoons with moths, in the Banka district of the eastern state of Bihar, on August 6, 2015. - AFP / Dibyangshu Sarkar

Banka (India) (AFP) - Pointing to a television in her recently built mud and brick home, Indian villager Munia Murmu proudly shows off her new-found wealth, thanks to hundreds of squirming green silkworms.

Like thousands of other tribal villagers in India, Murmu lives in extreme poverty, and until recently could not afford enough food for her and her family.