National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Handloom has long association with tradition and culture of India. The unique Bandha design and Bandha weaving were the traditional and principal occupation of Bandha weavers of Odisha for their livelihood.Keeping in view the above facts, present study was carried out in Cuttack district of Odisha to assess the economic conditions of Bandha weavers. A total of 153 respondents were interviewed from three villages for data collection by using purposive and simple random sampling techniques. It was observed that 21.57% of weavers sell their terminal products directly, 16.34% through master weavers and 8.5% through weavers co-operative society mainly. They were facing constraints in marketing. Majority (50.33%) of weavers had monthly income within Rs.5000/ and 39.22% had Rs.5001/ to Rs.10000/.Majority(59.48%) of weavers had availed credit from various credit sources.54.95% had availed credit up to Rs.40000/- only and 34.07% had Rs.40001/-Rs.80000/.It indicated that they need adequate financial support for weaving to improve their livelihood system. Some recommendations were forwarded to Govt. for sustainability of indigenous Bandha design and Bandha weaving as well as improvement in livelihood system of Bandha weavers in the costal part of Odisha.
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