Tripura organises workshop to popularize bamboo for industrial and domestic application

To promote and popularize bamboo for industrial and domestic application, a workshop was organized at Pragna Bhavan in Agartala on March 1.

The workshop was organised by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Advanced Materials and Process Research Institute CSIR-AMPRI, Bhopal, and Tripura State Council for Science and Technology organized the workshop.

Deputy Chief Minister of Tripura Jishnu Dev Varma inaugurated the workshop by lighting the lamp in presence of other dignitaries.

During the workshop, scientists and researchers interacted with bamboo growers and producers beside various entrepreneurs.

Demonstrations were given on sustainable utilization of bamboo through the integration of the environment, society, and economy.

Tripura is one of the major growers of bamboo that has tremendous untapped potential for transforming the rural economy.

The state under the Tripura Bamboo Mission (TBM) has been working on propagation, cultivation, processing, value addition, and product development from bamboo.