Self-dependent India or Atmanivar Bharat is one the most upcoming policies to sketch India's future. Most of the traditional knowledge followed by the rural people are becoming very relevant nowadays. Such ITK (Indigenous Traditional Knowledge) can shape a new nation from different angles like economic, environmental, social and cultural. The Assam by its favourable climatic conditions with abundant annual rainfall and a good amount of alluvial soil in the riverine tracts offers excellent scope for cultivation of jute. The area under jute during 1951-52 was 1.23 lakh has which was only 4 per cent of the gross sown area of Assam. After extraction of fibre, the left over is called jute stick which have multipurpose use. The main objectives of this paper are to examine the traditional use of jute stick) in their day-to-day life. The information regarding jute stick management was collected from different jute growing zones of Assam through personnel interview etc. jute crop is mostly grown in Brahmaputra valley of Assam. Farmers use the sticks as staking material in vegetable field, as fencing, as a wall in houses, as ceiling material and most importantly as fuel wood. It is estimated that about 4 to 5 tons of jute sticks per hectare is produced from jute cultivation. There is also a scope of innovative use of jute sticks such as bricks, crockery, cutlery and dinnerware. In addition, jute sticks are potential raw materials for production of particle board, and paper boards. However, in Assam this process is not adopted commercially. There is a scope for commercial use of jute sticks with innovative ideas. This will create diversified demand for raw jute and enable farmers to earn extra income.
Ceiling, Diversified, Eco-friendly, ITK, Livelihood, Self-reliance
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