 Weaving of Bamboo Mats involves substantial livelihood generation for rural poor in Tripura. Mats are woven all across that state especially by the tribal population for the local markets and housing needs.
With recent development of Bamboo technology, mats have found varied applications in numerous industrial products that include bamboo mat boards, shuttering board and roofing sheets and different varieties of bamboo laminates. An average bamboo Mat producing unit in India utilizes about 4000 – 5000 units in a day. This requires a dedicated 2500 mat weavers per unit. On an average a person can weave a maximum of 2 mats and earn Rs 60 per day. With Mechanization in the feeder units, the productivity rises to 3 – 4 mats a day.
The current challenge facing the Mat Boards industry is the lack of a strong supply chain for the procurement of bamboo mats. This presents itself as an opportunity to organize the population into Mat weaving supply sources. The TBM strategy is to have an integrated approach of building the bamboo based mat & laminates industry in Tripura, through mobilizing private investment linked to a mat supply source by strengthening the weaver collectives.
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