HORTICULTURE DEPARTMENT
GOVERNMENT OF MIZORAM
State Bamboo Mission, Mizoram has been taken up by the Department of Horticulture, Govt. of Mizoram towards the end of 2018. The Mission with the change in allocation of business vide The Mizoram Gazetter Vol. XLVIII, Issue No. 396, Seventeeth Schedule: Horticulture Department Date 20.06.2019, Bamboo Development Programme has been handed over to the Horticulture Department by the previously implementing department of Environment Forest & Climate Change. Despite the pandemic COVID-19 that hit globally where all development activities were slowing down affecting all spheres of livelihood, disturbing the economy, the Mission aims at providing economic and livelihood security through area expansion of bamboo, development of post-harvest management practices, development infrastructure for product development and processing rejuvenating bamboo industry and capacity building.
The State Bamboo Mission, Mizoram is headed by the Mission Director supported by the Addl. Directors at the Directorate Level for which there is a separate branch called Bamboo Cell at the Directorate of Horticulture.
The organizational set up of the State Bamboo Mission comprises of the following Officers and Staff –
- Bamboo Cell, Directorate of Horticulture
Sl. No. | Designation | No. of Post |
1 | Mission Director | 1 |
2 | Addl. Director of Horticulture (Bamboo) | 1 |
3 | Jt. Director of Horticulture(Bamboo) | 1 |
4 | Project Officer (Bamboo) | 1 |
5 | Assistant Director (Bamboo) | 1 |
6 | Assistant (Bamboo) | 1 |
7 | Horticulture Demonstrator | 1 |
8 | Technical Assistant | 2 |
9 | Data Entry Operator | 2 |
10 | Peon | 2 |
The Bamboo Cell at the Directorate of Horticulture coordinates with all the Officers and Staff implementing the Bamboo Development Programme at the 11 Districts and 26 (twenty six) Block Offices of the Department of Horticulture.
Aims and Objectives of the State Bamboo Mission (SBM), Mizoram
· To access all bamboo natural covers as well as new bamboo plantation sites and develop bamboo value chain
· Cluster mode bamboo cultivation for industrial scale production
· Promotion and development of post harvest activities
· Promotion of value added bamboo products and processing
· Upgradation and development of Bamboo industries/ Processing units in Mizoram
· Reviving existing machineries and equipment
Issues and Challenges —
1. Lacks of infrastructure to support large-scale bamboo process and commercialization
2. Inadequate Resource Mapping and Data on Bamboo Stocks
3. Weak Market Access and Poor Connectivity
4. Lack of Strong Policy Support for Bamboo Usage and Trade
5. Cyclical Bamboo Flowering
6. Environmental Sustainability and Overharvesting Risks
