Abstract

This paper traces the history of the bamboo-based traditional industry in Kerala. It also looks at the organisational structure of the Kerala State Bamboo Corporation and other co-operative societies set up in the 1970s to ease the burden of the bamboo workers. The literacy rate among the bamboo workers ranges from 47 to 80 percent. Mat-weaving is the major source of income which is meagre. Shortage of raw material is also posing a serious problem. Measures to improve the raw material supply are suggested