The Bamboo Industry in India: Supply Chain Structure, Challenges and Recommendations

48 Pages Posted: 31 May 2014

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Aniket Baksy

Delhi University Enclave - St Stephen's College; London School of Economics

Date Written: July 2013

Abstract

We attempt to assess the commercial potential for Bamboo products in India, based upon a compilation of secondary review of data and personal communications with various stakeholders involved. It also attempts to present an account of the value chain for Bamboo products in India, and presents the challenges in the sector within the framework of the Production-to-Consumption System. It is discovered that Bamboo products possess a large potential domestic market base; further, an even larger export market currently dominated by China exists, which may be tapped through industrialisation of the sector. A wide multitude of challenges exist at each stage in the Production-to-Consumption System, many of them being legislative and regulatory in nature, while many others relate to improper and insufficient implementation of existing programmes. A framework of proposals is laid out in the paper for taking care of each challenge individually, and also identifying the competent authority to deal with the issue.

Keywords: Bamboo Industry, Supply Chain, Rural Livelihoods

JEL Classification: I30, K23, L52, L73, Q23

Suggested Citation

Baksy, Aniket and Baksy, Aniket, The Bamboo Industry in India: Supply Chain Structure, Challenges and Recommendations (July 2013). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2442953 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2442953

Aniket Baksy (Contact Author)

London School of Economics ( email )

London, WC2A 2AE
United Kingdom

Delhi University Enclave - St Stephen's College ( email )

University Enclave
Delhi, 110007
India

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