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Evidence-based policy for bamboo development in India: From “supply push” to “demand pull”
Forest Policy and Economics ( IF 4 ) Pub Date : 2020-07-01 , DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2020.102187
Sandeep Tambe , Suprava Patnaik , Anup P. Upadhyay , Advait Edgaonkar , Rekha Singhal , Jigyasa Bisaria , Pankaj Srivastava , Mohan H. Hiralal , Kailash Dahake , Abhishek Gawande , Pratik Prabhakar Surkar

Abstract Over the last few years, the bamboo policy in India has undergone a major change. The national bamboo development programme has been restructured with a shift in priority from restoring bamboo forests to promoting farm bamboo and developing its market linkage. This programme earlier with the environment ministry, is now housed in the agriculture ministry. The Indian Forest Act 1927 has also been amended to free the production, harvest and trade of farm-bamboo. The implicit assumption here is that the vast domestic market and industrial use will soak up this supply of farm bamboo. Is removing supply-side constraints and shifting the focus from “forest to farm” sufficient for unlocking the potential of bamboo? This study responds to the lack of information on the bamboo value chain to support evidence-based policy making. Based on an extensive desk review and an intensive field study, we tracked the production, marketing and end-use of bamboo. The study found that over the last four decades, the share of bulk, low-value industrial processing (in paper industry) has dropped from 50% to 18%, while supply of raw culms (mainly in horticulture) has increased from 40% to 63%. The traditional bulk markets of bamboo such as paper, housing, etc., have been largely substituted, and new bulk, assured markets have not opened up resulting in a diminishing demand. The field study mirrored the macro trends with more than 80% of the forest bamboo resource unutilized. We argue that key challenges in bamboo development are in the demand-side and there is a need to create new markets for bamboo by promoting industries that support job creation and farmer incomes both.

中文翻译:

印度竹业发展的循证政策:从“供应推动”到“需求拉动”

摘要 近年来,印度的竹政策发生了重大变化。国家竹子发展计划已经重组,重点从恢复竹林转向促进农用竹子和发展其市场联系。该计划早先与环境部合作,现在由农业部负责。1927 年《印度森林法》也进行了修订,以释放农用竹子的生产、收获和贸易。这里隐含的假设是,广阔的国内市场和工业用途将吸收这种农用竹子的供应。消除供给侧限制并将重点从“森林到农场”转移是否足以释放竹子的潜力?本研究针对缺乏竹价值链信息以支持循证决策的问题。基于广泛的案头审查和深入的实地研究,我们跟踪了竹子的生产、营销和最终用途。研究发现,在过去的四年中,散装、低价值工业加工(造纸业)的份额从 50% 下降到 18%,而原料秆(主要用于园艺)的供应量从 40% 增加到63%。传统的竹材大宗市场,如纸张、房屋等,已基本被替代,新的大宗、有保证的市场尚未开放,导致需求减少。实地研究反映了80%以上的森林竹资源未利用的宏观趋势。我们认为竹子发展的主要挑战在于需求方,需要通过促进支持创造就业和农民收入的产业来为竹子创造新市场。
更新日期:2020-07-01
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