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Organisation
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Uttarakhand
Bamboo & Fibre Development Board
(UBFDB), Dehradun |
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Project
name
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Uttarakhand bamboo and natural fibre
based livelihood programme |
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Grant
operationalised
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September
2008 |
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Duration
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3
years |
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Grant
amount sanctioned
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Rs13.76
million |
Activities within the grant:
The proposed project is towards continuation
of the best practices identified in phase
I, for scaling up through a cluster based
approach. Interventions will be focused in
four districts of Uttarakhand (viz Chamoli,
Bageshwar, Uttarkashi and Udham Singh Nagar).
A total of 32 villages will be covered under
the project reaching out to 1,300 beneficiaries
directly.
Key activities planned include:
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Cluster appraisal and
preparation of micro-plans |
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Bamboo resource development |
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Establishment of four
artisans facility centers |
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Capacity building of artisans |
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Material exploration and
research |
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Publications and outreach |
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Exposure visits |
The proposed project is expected to bring
480 hectares under ringal cultivation and
1,800 hectares under bamboo cultivation.
The plantation activities will be undertaken
by UBFBD through contribution from other
sources. The plantation programme should
enhance availability of raw material to
artisans to 500kg ringal per artisan annually,
from the year 2010 onwards. Time taken by
artisans to collect raw material is expected
to decrease by 2 hours per day, which in
itself will help enhance income by 25 per
cent by year three of the project. The artisans
will have a choice of at least six fast
growing bamboo species that will address
the issue of round the year availability
of raw material. Four Artisans Facility
Centres (AFC) will be developed under the
project, two centres are proposed to be
funded by the Trust supported programme.
Funding for the other two centres will be
raised from other projects by UBFBD.
It is estimated that over 270 artisans
will be directly benefited from these AFCs,
and 64 artisans groups will be formed and
linked to the AFCs. Artisans' savings are
estimated to increase from Rs76,000 in the
first year of the project to Rs172,000 from
the second year of the project. Overall,
the project is expected to realise an additional
income from Rs18,000 to 30,000 annually.
The project will train more than 480 artisans
in new bamboo, ringal and natural fibre
based interventions directed to add value
to their present product range.
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