Europeans never had silk farming. That is one reason they wanted a route to Asia so much.
The farming of silkworms.
There are a number of disadvantages of silk farming. Some of them include lack of a ready market, limited resource to facilitate this type of farming and so much more.
silk
Silk
The Europeans wanted to buy the silk, manufactured from the silk worms cocoon's by the Chinese.
The Chinese introduced silk to the Arabs, who passed it on to Europeans.
silk is important because it helps with food, clothes, and farming.
Silk, spices,and perfumes
Spices and silk
silk
Sariculture is a misspelling of sericulture which is silk farming.
because they were all allergic to silk