Constraints faced by bamboo artisans in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra

Abstract

This study investigates the constraints faced by bamboo artisans in Dhanora, Gadchiroli and Kurkheda block/tahsils of Gadchiroli district of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. Total 90 bamboo artisans were selected on the basis of more number of bamboo artisans actually present in the three selected tahsils of Gadchiroli district. The findings indicated that, 66.67 percent of bamboo artisans belongs to middle age group, 44.44 percent belongs to secondary school level education, 52.22 percent of the bamboo artisans were male, 52.22 percent of the bamboo artisans belonged to small family size, 75.56 percent of the bamboo artisans were landless, 48.89 percent of the bamboo artisans had Rs. 1,50,001 to 2,00,000 annual income, 72.22 percent of the bamboo artisans had not attended training, 67.78 percent of the bamboo artisans had medium level of sources of information, 67.78 percent of the bamboo artisans had medium level of economic motivation, 64.44 percent of the bamboo artisans had medium level of achievement motivation and 60.00 percent of the bamboo artisans had medium level of innovativeness. It was observes that, majority of the respondents faced the constraint of unavailability of raw bamboo (81.11), followed by Bamboo craft involves drudgery prone work (77.78%), There is not enough suitable markets for bamboo products(74.44%), Limited demand for bamboo product due to availability of cheap and affordable alternative (67.78%), Lack of awareness about the training programs (66.67%), Lack of awareness among bamboo artisans about the technologies available to enhance their craft (61.11%), Bamboo products often do not receive a satisfactory price in the market (55.56%) respectively.