๐ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข.
The Hon. Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Nara Chandrababu Naidu garu, virtually laid the foundation stone for the Bamboo Primary Processing Unit (PPU) in Maredumilli Mandal, Polavaram District. The launch of the PPU is part of the 5-year partnership between Industree Foundation and Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty AP, under the Bamboo Sub-sector programme of the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission. The launch also coincided with the 25th anniversary of SERP, celebrating its long-standing work with womenโs self-help groups across Andhra Pradesh.
Over 100,000 smallholder women farmers are expected to plant Bamboo across the state over the next 3 years, restoring degraded land while creating new income opportunities. The PPU will serve as a crucial next step โ enabling local communities to move from cultivation to value addition and enterprise creation.
SERP AP, under the dynamic leadership of the CEO and ex Officio Secretary to the Government, V.Karuna IAS, and the District Collector of the erstwhile ASR district, Dinesh Kumar IAS), has actively driven the initiative. This reflects a shared commitment to strengthening tribal livelihoods, climate-resilient agriculture, and women-led rural enterprises connected to national and global markets.
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