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Presentation on NTFP Centre of Excellence

13 July 2015

Objectives

• NCE was established in 2008 (started

functioning on 15 April 2008) under Tripura JICA Project to address the issue of NTFPs and value addition in a comprehensive manner, with the broad objectives:

– Increasing the productivity of bamboo, cane &

• ther NTFPs in the region through assured

provision of QPM & technical services; – Promoting livelihood improvement & poverty alleviation activities on an industrial scale & establishment of CCFCs; – Capacity building of various stakeholders in handling bamboo, cane & other NTFPs; & – Facilitating marketing through establishing PPPs.

NCE Vision

• “NCE will become a premier institute in its area
• f specialization, providing services not only

within the state, but in the entire NER in future.”

• “NCE will be established as an autonomous

society under Societies Registration Act, 1860.” Reasons:

– “NCE will require professional staff, whose recruitment by a Society will be far easier than by a Government Agency, which has to follow the Government regulations on expert procurement, – For the NCE to be sustained after the closure of TFIPAP, it is necessary to have its own income generation mechanism.”

NCE Vision …

• NCE to be the defining factor of success
• f TFIPAP

.

• On closure of TFIPAP, the PMU with its

assets to be integrated into NCE.

• Inputs by specialists on NTFP/ NCE.
• Total budget provision: Rs 7.98 crore.

NCE Divisions (as per MoD)

Bamboo & Rattan Production Division

NTFP Research & Production Division

Value Addition & Marketing Division Training & Extension Division

Staffing of NCE

Position Provision as per MoD Present position Remarks Director (CCF/CF

• r equivalent)

1 1 Dy Director (DCF

• r equivalent)

1 1 One ACF level officer has joined

• n 1 April 2015

DDO 1/2 Addl Director (NCE) has recently been given additional charge. Tech Chief Advisor (Contractual) 1 1/2 Regional Dir (CFLE), ICFRE is helping out. AAO (SFR/ eq) 1 EDP Officer (Contractual) 1 Supporting/ professional staff To be recruited by the ‘Society’ 15 (a) ACA(1), TA(1)- on contract; (b) PS(1), Asstt(3), Driver(2), Salesperson(1), Peon(3)- Casual employee, Field worker (1), etc.

Re-constituted NCE Board of Management

• 1. CEO & PD- Chairman
• 2. Dir (Industries & Commerce)
• 3. Dir (HH&S)
• 4. Dir (ICAR)
• 5. Head (Bamboo Cultivation & Research Centre), Tripura

University

• 6. Secretary, Crafts Council of Tripura
• 7. Representative, Lead Bank of Tripura
• 8. Jt CEO (KVIC-NER)
• 9. Dir (IIE)
• 10. Dir (NCE) – Member Secy.

The Board has been meeting regularly.

Bamboo & rattans Research & Production

• Bambusetum
• Rattan cane arboratum
• Gene bank & plus clumps
• Pilot nursery & QPM
• Research on bamboo & cane species
• Research on bamboo flowering

NTFP Research & Production

• Documentation of traditional knowledge
• Herbal gardens
• Medicinal plants
• Research on NTFP species

Research & Production

NTFP Productivity enhancement through QPM & Tech transfer

• Bamboo arboretum- 5 ha

– Bambusetum: 1.84 ha (152 clumps, 25 species) at Ananda Nagar.

• Rattan arboretum- 5 ha

– 1 ha (147 clumps, 2 species) at Ananda Nagar.

• Gene Bank- 10 ha

– CPC: 0.65 ha (48 clumps, 8 species) at Ananda Nagar.

• Other NTFPs: Performance trial of Broom grass, Cane,

Gandhaki, etc.

• Technology transfer: Results of trial is being compiled.

Medicinal Plants

• No of species planted-

– Herbs & shrubs: 42 species(in 80 beds). – Tree species: 6 species.

• Study on performance of different clones
• f Gandhaki from Longthorai,

Atharamura & Baramura commenced.

• Study on growth of cane commenced.

Broom grass experimental plot at Anandanagar

Value addition & marketing

• Market research
• Certification & marketing of product
• Collection of standards for certification
• Product-specific R&D

Value Addition & Marketing

Value addition on industrial scale & Establishment of CCFCs & PPP

• Raw material grading: System yet to be developed.
• CCFCs: 6 nos (490 SHGs)-

Sl Location IA Funds placed (Rs lakh) Achievements 1 Kaladhepa TBM 37.51 Multiple products with stick mats made. No of artisans to be increased. 2 Nalchhar TBM 34.38 Building constructed. Trainings provided. Business Plan for revival approved. Rs 9 lakh released. 3 Nagichhara TFDPC 62.00 Fusion products made. No of artisans to be increased. 4 Chakmaghat HH&S 26.86 Buildings constructed. Needs optimum utilization of building. 5 Takarjala HH&S 21.50 Building constructed. Agarbatti rolling going on. Jigat being processed, handicrafts items made. Need upscaling. 6 Machhmara DFO Kcp 50.00 Building constructed. Machinary installed, Electricity connection obtained, Working Group formed, PPP executed with Govt approval . Unit commissioned on 26 March 2015. Waiting for FTL. Total 232.25

Kalpataru – NTFP sales counter under NCE

Kalpataru sales

Year Sales (Rs) 2011-12 8,769 2012-13 8,185 2013-14 10,138 2014-15 (P) 9,327

SHG products on display

Broom grass collection data (under NCE)

Year No of Ranges Quantity marketed (MT) Value (Rs lakh) 2010-11 1 522.00 167.00 2011-12 9 347.20 122.32 2012-13 13 310.00 118.03 2013-14 19 459.00 226.54 2014-15 (P) 15* 475.40 374.57 Note: 4 Ranges given to Tripura MARKFED by Forest Department

Consultation meeting on broom grass

Semi-mechanized rolling at Takarjala CCFC

CCFC at Kaladhepa

CCFC Building at Nalchhar

CCFC Nalchhar – Dialogue with local Panchayat to revival of activities

CCFC at Anandanagar

Training & Extension

Capacity building in handling NTFP

• For IGA Support Team
• For SHG leaders
• JFMC skill development

– NTFP harvesting & storage

• International training.

– No international training could be held. However, national level exposure trips were arranged for JFMCs/ PRIs.

Training & Extension

• Plan, organize, implement & monitor

trainings- 20.

• Conduct of training
• Extension of information
• Preparation & development Extension

materials

• Development of network of contacts with

national & internal agencies

• Support to cluster-based activities

Trainings organized by NCE in last 5 years

Year No of trainings

• rganized

No of particip ants Subject 2010-11 61 2511 SHG/ ToT/ Broom grass/ nursery tech/ Misc. 2011-12 48 1638 Broom grass/ mucona/ jarul/ Gandhaki & other NTFP cultivation/ harvesting/ processing/ marketing 2012-13 9 262 NTFP harvesting, CCFC 2013-14 38 1296 Broom grass/ NTFP value addition 2014-15 16 1280 Broom grass/ NTFP value addition Total 156 5707

Training in Dhepachhara JFMC

• n broom grass

Launch of MANJARI, monthly news letter of NCE

Theme-based issues: Broom grass & large cardamom

NCE Vehicles

• Cars- 6 (1 Maruti van), TR 01 F 0899

purchased on 22 June 2012.

• Bus- 1 (Nil),
• Pick up truck-1 (1 Pick-up van), TR 01 E 0943

purchased on 28 April 2010.

• Three wheeler- 2 (Nil),
• Trolley- 1 (Nil).

NCE Publications

• 11 publications have been brought out by NCE.

– 2008: Status of bamboo resource development & its utilization in Tripura – 2008: Achievements of NCE during 2008-09 – 2009: NTFPs of Tripura (Vol-I) – 2009: NTFPs of Tripura (Vol-II) – 2009: Outcome of surveys & workshop by NCE – 2009: Management of gregariously flowered bamboo areas of Tripura – 2009: NTFP Sellers’ Directory of Agartala – 2009: MFP Cultivation & Harvesting – 2010: Bamboo Furniture Catalogue – 2010: Bee-keeping – 2014: MANJARI (October, November 2014)

Potential income sources

• Selling of QPM
• Visitors’ entry to Bambusetum, rattan

cane arboretum & herbal garden

• Fees on supply of information
• Sale of publication
• Certification fee
• Technical services fee
• Training fee
• Fee for arranging study tours
• Sharing a % from benefits of CCFC

Action on BTOR (5-8 August 2013)

• Sustainability Plan (July 2013)

– Own income source (Project to GoI, Service fee) – Make it a Society. – Alternatives (Trg + Res Divs OR Hire staff on contract)

• Completion of Pilot Research Projects

– Broom grass plantation – Research Division Report dt 22 Feb 14

• Optimal utilization of CCFCs

– Operationalize Machhmara. – Revive Kaladhepa & Nalchhar. – Enhance artisans in Nagichhara. – Chakmaghat- have multiple products.

Principal Secretary’s Review Meeting

• Floriculture & orchidarium – Horticulture

Department’s advice sought.

• Formation of Society under SRA 1860. Govt

decision to merge TFIPAS to NCE when the Project is over.

• Cane planting material: Nursery raised at

Forest Research Station, Anandanagar.

• Show-room: Kalpataru set up & restocked.

Latest development

• Resource challenge

– Gregarious flowering wiped out muli areas – Regeneration catching up. Will take 2-3 years – Loss of bamboo & NTFP areas to RoFR pattas – Rush for rubber.

• Emergence of Broom grass, Hill cardamom,

Mucona and Gandhaki as economic NTFPs.

• MGNREGA – competing scheme.
• Research & Production transferred to Research

division on 21 Nov 2012.

A meeting with Folk Healers of Tripura to prioritize medicinal plants for development

Future Plan

• NTFP Policy- A draft has been prepared. We propose to organize a

national level workshop on NTFP and discuss and finalize it.

• Expansion of CCFCs for not only optimum utilization of facilities

created, but also to augment it through sound cluster development methodology and utilization of funds available under various Scheme.

• Training on lean manufacturing at CCFC with the involvement of

MSME DI.

• NTFP Radio- for dissemination of NTFP information.
• Development of model projects for rural entrepreneurs in NTFP

.

• Exclusive website for NCE with digital herbarium posted and

updated.

• Documentation project in collaboration with FRLHT and CFLE.

Future vision

• To become premier institution in NER in

providing NTFP-based services in next 5 years.

– MANJARI, to make it an All India forum and enhance visibility. – Providing market information. – A2B (Artisan-to-Business) Portal. (Fabindia Model). – Skill development in NTFP management. – Excellence in cluster development methodology.

Future...

– Certification of planting material. – Grading/ star rating of NTFP products. – Look beyond Tripura & NER. – Livelihood & forest based enterprises. – Networking with national level institutions for synergy. – Revenue stream from paid service. – Autonomous Society.

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