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Bamboo Enterprises for Sustainable Livelihoods

Ghana, India

2022
2026

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Strengthening Bamboo-Based Enterprises for Sustainable Livelihood and Income Generation in Ghana

The project, under the Fund for Triangular Cooperation with Asia, will foster cooperation between Ghana, Germany and India. The triangular cooperation project will aid Ghana’s recovery from widespread unemployment and rising poverty resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The project will adopt an enterprise-based approach to create sustainable and high-value economic opportunities for producers, artisans, designers, micro and small enterprises, and traders across the bamboo value chain.

In many communities in Ghana, bamboo and rattan are relevant resources for job creation and income generation; however, these resources are often perceived as having low value-addition or limited product applications in markets. For this reason, the project will focus on sharpening the technical and business skills of targeted groups to establish enterprises capable of producing high-quality bamboo and products, generating adequate income, contributing to local and national economies, and attracting investment.

INBAR and GIZ will be working closely with the Forestry Commission Training Center of Ghana and technical experts from Indian institutions to build capacities of the target beneficiaries over a period of six months.

Objectives

The general objective of the projects is to promote and enhance the value of bamboo and rattan-based enterprises for job creation, income generation and economic prosperity among the youth and women in Ghana.

Specific Objectives

  • Establish a bamboo entrepreneurial ecosystem
    • Support the establishment or strengthening of three innovative bamboo enterprises (furniture, craft, and processed culms or bamboo energy products)
    • Establish an innovation hub to incubate the three enterprises
    • Support the development of business models for the three enterprises
  • Support skill and capacity development of beneficiaries and enterprises
    • Training on innovative bamboo product design and quality control
    • Training on enterprise development, business models and marketing
    • Enhanced skill development training on furniture making, craft making, processing culms, and bamboo charcoal and briquettes
  • Promote sustainable linkages and market
    • Support the establishment of commercial linkages between financial institutions and enterprises
    • Support the establishment of business connections with potential market
  • Promote South-South cooperation
    • Facilitate learning platforms for knowledge and skill transfer from Indian enterprises and experts
    • Facilitate the adoption of best practices in product design and quality assurance
2022
  • INBAR has identified and profiled 75 individual craftspeople who will benefit from technical support in their enterprises under three key areas: Bamboo furniture making, bamboo weaving and rattan product making.
  • In November 2022, INBAR and the Forestry Commission Training Center (FCTC), organized a month-long capacity training targeting bamboo-based enterprises. Sixty artisans attended the training, which aimed to expose beneficiaries to innovation and modern designs to improve the quality of their products and marketability. Forty-two women were involved in weaving various products with bamboo and received training in bamboo furniture making and financial and managerial best practices.
2023
  • After the successful implementation of the pilot project in Ghana, INBAR WARO/SARO and GIZ collaborated to develop the final project beneficiary stories.
  • The project implementing organizations completed a bamboo study tour in India to among other objectives, network with India current and potential partners for the project’s second phase/upscale.
  • Meeting the project objective of technology transfer from India to Ghana, INBAR WARO and SARO facilitated the services of two technical consultants from India in bamboo product processing and finishing, and design, innovation and marketing, to carry out one-month training for the project beneficiaries.
  • INBAR & FCTC have established a micro-capacity bamboo Enterprise Incubation Hub at the Forestry Commission Training Center, in Kumasi-Ghana during the pilot phase.
  • The pilot project implementation assessment has been concluded successfully.
  • Following the successful implementation of the pilot project phase, INBAR has developed a second phase project proposal application for 2024-2026.
Contact

For more information about the project, please contact:

Ghana: Michael Y. Kwaku, Acting Regional Director, West Africa, mkwaku  [at] inbar [dot] int

India: Sangeeta Agasty, Regional Director, South Asia, sagasty [at] inbar [dot] int

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