Agartala hosts conference on bamboo cultivation

A two-day national conference on bamboo cultivation was recently held at the Pragnya Bhavan in Agartala.

Organised by the Tripura Bamboo Mission with support of the National Bamboo Mission, the main focus of the event was to promote sustainable commercial production of bamboo resources.

In order to meet the tremendous demand for bamboo, Tripura has decided to grow bamboo under the MGNREGA.

The Tripura Bamboo Mission is initiative of the Government of Tripura to develop the bamboo sector in the state in a holistic manner.

The mission aims to double livelihood involvement and the sector turnover in a span of three years.

It aims to optimize the end-to-end value chain spanning from plantation and resource generation to marketing of value added finished products.

The mission has a sub-sector specific focus that includes handicrafts, furniture, incense, sticks and blinds, mat and industrial application of bamboo.

The project is being implemented by IL and FS, CDI based on a public private partnership framework.

The Tripura Bamboo Mission will strengthen the bamboo based clusters in the state and build their competitive advantage through an integrated approach of building infrastructure, linking markets and providing technology, skills, design and institutional development.