Role of bamboo-based cottage industry in economic upliftment of rural poor of Chittagong, Bangladesh

摘要

A survey was conducted on households engaged in bamboo-based cottage industry in the Chittagong District of Bangladesh to evaluate socio-economic status of the households, sources of raw material, economics, gender role, marketing of the products andproblems of the industry. Most of the members were illiterate and had very small land holdings. The main sources of raw materials were the local market and homesteads. Altogether eleven types of articles were made from bamboo. The total expected annual income from making bamboo articles to a family in the study area was USD 1,078. Out of the members engaged in bamboo-based cottage industry 66 per cent were women.