This document discusses the development of bamboo community enterprise clusters in rural areas to promote livelihoods. Some key points: 1) Bamboo community enterprise clusters aim to improve rural livelihoods by establishing small bamboo businesses and cooperatives that provide training, market access, and other support to local artisans and producers. 2) Setting up these clusters has benefits like quick financial returns, low startup costs, building on traditional skills, establishing market connections, and addressing issues like poverty, the environment, and gender equality. 3) The Tripura Bamboo and Cane Development Centre (TRIBAC) in India works to establish these types of bamboo clusters through participatory enterprise development, capacity building, product development

1. Bamboo Community Enterprise Cluster for
Rural Livelihood Promotion
Presenter: Dr. Selim Reza
Tripura Bamboo and Cane Development Centre(TRIBAC)
Tripura, India
www.tribac.org

2. It seems a bunch of artisans or
small producers; presence in
bamboo growing countries/regions
to improve livelihood .
It operates households or
commune ; depends on head
counted buyers ; frequent coaching
and handholding support from
interested groups; and scope for
public private partnership(PPP) .
Visual rendering of Bamboo Cluster

3. Bamboo generates app.10-12% household
income for rural livelihood basket.
• Quick return
• Low investment cost
• Optimizing traditional knowledge and
wisdom
• Demonstrating local authorities
• Established market and market channels
Finally , addressing
 Poverty Reduction
 Environment protection
 Gender equality
 Power to Empower
Bamboo Community Enterprise Cluster
Development: Rationality

4. Approach to Development Bamboo Community
Enterprise Cluster
Participatory enterprise development,
Risk Mitigation;
Value Chain Up-gradation;
Building trust;
Knowledge centre;
Viable BDS
Producers/Artisans
( Mobilization)
Entrepreneurs
(Capacity Building)
Enterprise
(Partnership and
Networking
Doable bamboo enterprises
 Increase business turnover
Development Services
Enabling policy
Encourage PPP

5.  Pre-feasibility exercise i.e nature,
products, convergences and
technology, and partners and
visibility
 Preparation of Diagnostic Study
Report (DPR)
 Cluster Implementation
 Cluster monitoring and learning
 Cluster Sustainability
 Cluster Exit Strategy
Graduating Bamboo Community Cluster

6.  Bamboo Development Context
 Emergence of the Cluster
 Brief description- location; market;
size and livelihood opportunities
 Mapping Resource, Skills, structure
and organizations/institutions
 Mapping current and relevant
business ecosystem
 Vision and strategy
 SWOT Analysis-market; technology;
skills; business environment and
capability
Preparation of Diagnostic Study Report(DSR)

7.  Mobilization and trust building
 Participatory Joint Planning
 Fund mobilization/convergences
 Specific Activities:
• Capacity building
• Design/product development
• Set-up Common Facility Centre
• Market development
• Deployment of Human Resource
• Building institution(i.e. producers
organizations/network)
• Business development services(BDS)
 Enhancement/Incremental Earning-
using digital technologies
• e-commerce
• Knowledge on social media
Cluster Implementation

8.  Monitoring:
• Measuring the targeted implementation
plan
• Follow-up cluster intervention timeline
• Translating activities into outcome
• Key impact on socio-economic aspects
 Knowledge management/learning :
• Community participation and partnership
• Transfer of technology
• Impact on livelihood
• Utilization of bamboo resources
• Institution modeling
 Exit Strategy:
• Producers organization
• Self-help group
• Joint Liability Groups
• Self employed business agent(SEBA)
Cluster-monitoring; learning and exit plan

9.  Cluster development an effective way to
mitigate extra pressure on rural
livelihood
 Strengthening micro credit institutions
for cluster financing
 Strengthen community based
organization(CBOs) i.e. JLGs/SHGs for
better consolidation of local fund/inter-
lending.
 Emphasis on producing local demand
based products.
 Fine-tuning of locally and traditionally
available technologies.
 Explore the possibilities to align with the
Government sponsored schemes.
 Creation of employment and livelihood
opportunities for migrants workers.
Post CoViD19 Rural Livelihood Scenario: Arising
Out of Reverse Migration

10. Tripura Bamboo and Cane Development
Centre (TRIBAC) a dedicated bamboo
cluster based livelihood enterprise
development organization.
Established in 2003
Promoting organization: Centre for
Indian Bamboo Resource and
Technology(CIBART)
 An Action Research Site of
International Bamboo and Rattan
Organization(INBAR) , Beijing, China
Geographical outreach: Tripura,
Meghalaya, Mizoram, West Bengal,
Odisha, Jharkhand, Assam and Bihar.
www.tribac.org
Brief Profile : TRIBAC

11. Thank you !