Bamboo Incense sticks(Agarbatti) for rural livelihood in Tripura

1. Pro-poor Bamboo Incense Sticks Business
in Tripura

2. Bamboo Resources in Tripura
►Bamboo bearing area in Tripura is 3,673
square km and having 21 species.
►84% of bamboo found in ‘scattered’
way, primarily in homestead and farm
boundary and remaining as ‘dense/pure
bamboo.’
► Annual consumption 5.65 million
culms equivalent to 56,500 MT.
►Estimated requirement 300,000 MT by
2025 for bamboo enterprises.

3. A Glimpse on Bamboo Resource Supply
Chain in Tripura

4. ►Bamboo Incense Sticks used to be major
contributor to state’s rural economy.
►Creating employment 350,000 man-days
for rural areas per annum majority are
women.
►Major product verticals:
▪ Raw sticks(Length 20.32 to 22.86 cm );
▪ Rolled Sticks-coated with charcoal and
natural adhesive .
▪ Scented and packed agarbatti –end
product
►Incense sticks market size in India
around USD one billion per annum.
Bamboo Incense Sticks Enterprise in Tripura

5. Structure- Pro-poor community Approach
P4 is a composition of Public Private People Partnerships
It is an innovative ways to produce value for money in public
delivery systems. Generally, it creates……
▪ A bottom-up participative planning and decision making.
▪ Improve the development process.
▪ Building clear responsibilities and rights among partners.
▪ Creating opportunities for public inputs.
▪ Reducing risk of unforeseen oppositions.
Lastly, creating a transparent development process, and
offers new opportunities for rural poor in bamboo
livelihood sector.

6. Functional Approach
Business Approach
(Public, Private, People Partnership)
P: Government
(Critical Support)
P: Community
people
/Individual
Producers
P : Private
Incense sticks
Company/Firms
& CBOs
Ownership and Management
a. Confidence and trust building
b. Risk mitigation
c. Common interest
d. Participatory operation system
Pre-Conditions:
a. Buying assurance from Small Producers.
b. Knowledge transfer on products lines
and quality.
b. Primary processing facility.
C. Market development

7. Rationality on Pro-poor Community
Approach
It facilitates livelihood business
opportunities for rural poor…….
• It gives quick return.
• Reasonable investment to set-up
livelihood business units.
• Capitalize traditional knowledge and
wisdom.
Finally , addressing
• Poverty reduction
• Environment protection
• Gender equality

8. Enabling Frameworks for Pro-poor
Community Approach
GOVERNMENT COMMUNITY
Private Partners
Critical Inputs
Land, Building ,
Infrastructure,
Taxes
Convergences and risk
mitigation
Raw Material
Social Capital
Community
contribution and
management
Bamboo plantation
and sustainable
harvesting.
Building market
Working Capital
Logistics
Capacity and
awareness building
Risk Mitigation

9. Bottleneck and Opportunities- P4 Approach
Bottleneck Opportunities
Enabling Policy and Strategy Design suitable policy and strategy as per local
framed conditions
Strengthen Value Chains Up-grading local value chains for small
producers active participation in domestic
markets
Product Standardization Standardize the products to enhance
competitiveness in international market.
Financial Services Working Capital, Venture capital fund and
Micro Finance services
Risk Mitigation and OHS Critical support and convergences ; improve
occupational health system
Business Development
Services
Facilitate in-built BDS( community knowledge
HuB) i.e technology, market intelligence and
product pricing
Research & Development Product, process and technology

10. Looking Forward
• Promote regional and state specific products verticals(Low
volume –high value/high value- low volumes)
• Strengthen community-led value chains
• Cluster development approach to encourage PPP /Strong BDS
• Promote Homestead farming on priority SPP, agro-forestry
scientific harvesting and management and steady supply chains
with industry
• Knowledge management and pro-poor technology transfer(R&D)
• Social safety nets for artisans, farmers and small
entrepreneurs(Institutional procurement/MSP/Social benefits
schemes/ credit etc).
• Periodical evaluation of bamboo policies and strategy at different
level.
• Strong networking and partnership building.

11. THANK YOU !