Poverty alleviation through bamboo-based development: policies, strategies, and stakeholders

The course will be jointly carried out by INBAR and the Bamboo Industry Associations of Lin'an and Anji counties in Zhejiang province, China. It focuses on policies and case studies from the two counties, where impressive developments have taken place over the recent years. While classroom lectures will be kept to a minimum, the course will provide ample opportunities to interact with the players, i.e., local administrators, support staff, entrepreneurs and communities through field visits to villages and production sites. Beyond an eye-opening effect, this will facilitate an understanding of the potential for poverty alleviation, the evolution of the policy environment, private sector and community partnerships, organization and market linkages, and the need to maintain a competitive edge through the development of new products. Course modules specifically would include: bamboo development policies and strategies; Bamboo in rural development and poverty alleviation/income generation; private sector and community partnership models; community organization; household/micro-enterprise development; farmer-market linkages; backward linkages/supply industries development; multi-stakeholder participation; supply chain development; efficiency of raw material utilization; product development, etc.

What	Meeting
When	2006-04-18 09:00 to 2006-04-28 22:00
Where	Zhejiang province, China
Contact Name	Ms. Jin Wei
Contact Email	wjin@inbar.int
Contact Phone	+86-10-6470 6161
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