The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) is assisting a training programme for establishing various units for bamboo craft in the Wayanad district of Kochi. The bank has already formulated a bamboo policy and evolved financial packages for promoting bamboo cultivation, manufacture of value added products and marketing of the products.
The craft training programme in Wayanad, implemented by Uravu, a local NGO, envisaged upgrading local processing skills through the introduction of machinery. A machine room has been set up at Uravu to function as a common facilities centre for the various craft groups. Under the programme, a pool of master trainers in bamboo craft has been created through one-year trainers training programme. The trained master crafts persons would assist local artisan groups to establish decentralised micro enterprises. The major beneficiaries of the programme have been rural women belonging to disadvantaged social groups, including tribal communities.
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| Posted : 7/19/2006 |
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