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Common Fund
for Commodities (CFC) funded Project |
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Title: |
Small-Scale Entrepreneurship Development in Diversified Jute
Products (CFC/IJSG/18) |
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Total Cost: |
USD
2,581,921 |
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Fund
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CFC Grant : USD 1,285,073
CFC Loan
: USD 903,947 |
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PEA: |
Md. Fazlul
Huq |
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Duration: |
Oct. 2005-April
2010 |
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Participating Countries: |
India
National
Jute Board (former NCJD),
Bangladesh
Jute Diversification Promotion Centre (JDPC) |
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Summery of
findings and outcome |
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A large
number of new small entrepreneurs have been developed under
the project (1150 in India and 1420 in Bangladesh).
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The
entrepreneurs have started production and sale of JDPs and
thus benefited.
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The JDP
base has been expanded, existing JDPs popularized.
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Large
scale mixing of jute fibres/yarn /fabrics with leather/other
materials has been encouraged to produce high quality
innovative JDPs to cater to the changing market demand.
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Use of
JDPs to gradually replace plastic/synthetic fibre based
products and to contribute towards improvement of the
environment.
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3 JESCs,
3 RMBs, 3 Data Banks, 3 Design Banks, 3 Display Galleries, a
project website have been set up in each India and
Bangladesh apart from many Awareness, Skill development /
Training / Design workshops, Buyers-Sellers Meets/
Exhibitions organized under the project.
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Dissemination of project results will continue to encourage
more new entrepreneurs to get involved in production &
marketing of JDPs in the coming years.
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Application/
Commercialization/ Current Status: |
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The
income of the beneficiaries who had very little /no income
before joining the project has increased quite a lot.
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The
increase in the volume of JDPs has led to an overall
increase in utilisation of jute in different forms having
positive impact on the production of jute.
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The
awareness workshops, skill development programs, JDP
production/ marketing activities incl. BSMs/Fairs, extended
to many locations /areas of India and Bangladesh have
expanded the JDP based activities and will continue to
accelerate steadily in future.
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Involvement of large no. of entrepreneurs in production of
JDPs contributed in creating employment opportuni-ties,
income generation, poverty alleviation, and rural women
empower-ment and thereby improvement of their socio-economic
conditions.
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