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Agriculture
Odisha to Set Up New Bamboo Clusters to Strengthen Rural Livelihoods
✍️ prameyanews.com
🗓 18 Sep 2026, 05:46 PM
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The Odisha government announced plans to create bamboo clusters aimed at generating income and employment for rural households.
The state government of Odisha has unveiled a scheme to develop dedicated bamboo clusters across selected districts. The initiative is designed to tap the fast‑growing, renewable nature of bamboo and turn it into a source of steady income for farmers and allied workers.
By organizing growers into clusters, the plan seeks to provide them with access to quality planting material, technical training, and collective marketing channels. Officials said the clusters will help diversify agricultural portfolios and reduce dependence on traditional crops that are vulnerable to climate variability.
Implementation will involve cooperation between the Department of Agriculture, local panchayats and farmer cooperatives. The government intends to facilitate linkages with processing units and buyers, ensuring that harvested bamboo reaches markets efficiently and fetches fair prices.
If successful, the bamboo clusters could create new jobs in planting, harvesting, processing and value‑addition, contributing to the broader goal of improving rural livelihoods in Odisha.
By organizing growers into clusters, the plan seeks to provide them with access to quality planting material, technical training, and collective marketing channels. Officials said the clusters will help diversify agricultural portfolios and reduce dependence on traditional crops that are vulnerable to climate variability.
Implementation will involve cooperation between the Department of Agriculture, local panchayats and farmer cooperatives. The government intends to facilitate linkages with processing units and buyers, ensuring that harvested bamboo reaches markets efficiently and fetches fair prices.
If successful, the bamboo clusters could create new jobs in planting, harvesting, processing and value‑addition, contributing to the broader goal of improving rural livelihoods in Odisha.