Areca Sheath Products : A potential cottage industry for Areca growing areas - PART 2
Channel: EarthwormFirefly
Date: 2012-08-29

In this video, Mr Sunil K, Datta Cottage Industries, explains the operations of Areca Sheath plate/cups manufacturing.  The raw material is available in remote areas and dont always have electricity - can off-grid solutions like Micro-hydro work with these?  At the same time how do we de-risk operations for such industries ? - these products need to compete with plastic based disposable cups and therefore are typically "priced out of the market".  Should we look for export markets?  How do we create a conducive market environment for such products in Indian small & big towns, and cities.  How should the growth of such industries be driven ?