NATIONAL BAMBOO MISSION
Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India

BTSG-CBTC, Guwahati

 PROGRESS REPORT - May 2007

1.The 1st Meeting on Action Plan under the NBM for the North-East and the Eastern Region of the country was organized by BTSG - CBTC in Guwahati on the 8th & 9th Feb. 2007. Except for one or two states, officials’ representatives from all the other states attended the meeting. The meeting mainly focuses on preparation of action plan by each individual state. The officials were also taken on field exposure to some bamboo nurseries and other places where bamboo related activities are undertaken.

 

2.Training to Lead Farmers:

The total number of farmers to be trained as per the approval is 120 and based on which a time table was  made for conducting the training to the farmer on Imparting Training to  the Lead Farmers on “Nursery Raising & Commercial Plantation of Bamboo”. The training has been scheduled to be conducted during the month of May, 2007. In this regard intimation letter have been despatched to the concern states Mission Director of National Bamboo Mission. Few states have responded and response has been awaited from most of the state. The place, number of farmers and target groups are given as below:

Place	No. of farmers	Target Groups
Kolkata  Bhubaneswar     Gangtok               Aizawl   Imphal    Shillong	20 20 20 20 20 20	JFMC Members, SHG Members, Representatives from Farmer’s Club
TOTAL	120 Nos.

3.Training Workshop for Field Functionaries:

The number of targeted trainees/ Field Functionaries is 60. Except for the state of Jharkhand and West Bengal where there is no provision for the same, all the others states under BTSG of CBTC has been covered. The training is scheduled to be held at NIRD, Guwahati on the 8th & 9th of June, 2007. In this regard, intimation letters have been sent to all the concern states and their responses is awaited. The no. of participants and the target groups for this training is given as below:

 

Training Workshop for Field Functionaries
Participants from	Target Nos.	Target group
Assam Arunachal Manipur Mizoram Meghalaya Nagaland Sikkim Tripura Orissa NGOs	10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10	BDOs DFOs Rangers Panchayat members JFMCs
TOTAL	60

4.Training Manual Design & Printing:

Training Manual on Propagation of Bamboo has been prepared and is due to be completed by the end of May, 2007. For this, the assistance of specialized institutes and Forest Research Institutes has been utilized for making the module more comprehensive.

 

5.Centralized Publicity Campaign:

For wider publicity of the National Bamboo Mission, advertisement has been given to the Newspaper, Magazines and Electronic Media. (A sample copy of the advertisement is enclosed). Besides these mass media, Posters, Brochures and other forms of publicity have been used so as to spread more awareness among the mass and involve as many people as possible in the National Bamboo Mission.

Newspapers to which advertisement has been given are as follows:

PAPERS                                    BASE                          MEDIUM

1. The Assam Tribune                      Guwahati, Assam                   English
2. Ajir Dainik Batori                          Guwahati, Assam                   Assamese
3. Poknapham                                Imphal, Manipur                      Manipuri
4. The Arunachal Times               ....Itanagar, Arunachal                 English
5. Dainik Sambad                            Agartala, Tripura                    Bengali
6. Mawphor                                    Shillong, Meghalaya                 Khasi
7. Sikkim Express                            Gangtok, Sikkim                     English 
8. Vanglaini                                   Aizawl, Mizoram                      Mizo
9. Nagaland Post                           Kohima, Nagaland                    English
10. Dharitri                                    Bhubhaneswar, Orissa              Oriya
11. The Times of India             .......Guwahati, Assam                    English 

Magazines to which advertisement has been given are as follows:

MAGAZINE                              BASE                          MEDIUM

1. North East Panorama                 Guwahati                                 English
2. Sonali Souvenir                          Guwahati                                 English
3. Jibon                                        Guwahati                                 Assamese

 

Electronic media to which advertisement has been given:

CHANNEL                               BASE                         MEDIUM

1. North East DD                 Guwahati                         English         

6.Organizing an International Level Seminar:

In order to attract and make the participation from the foreign countries convenient, the national capital New Delhi has been chosen as the venue for holding the International Level Seminar some time in the month of September. The detail programme schedule is under preparation.

7.Exposure & Educational Trip to Bamboo Developed countries:

This has been planned for the month of July. About 11 officials involving in NBM related activities are the target group. The officials will be visiting China in two batches, the first group in the 1st week of July and the 2nd group in the last week of July, 2007.

 

E-Mail ID of Bamboo Technical Support Group of the CBTC :
<btsg@caneandbamboo.org> or <btsg_cbtc@yahoo.co.in>