A case study on the forest-based handicrafts in Indonesia
Date : 1991
The number of forest-based small scale enterprises (FBSSEs), and the true extent of their contribution to local economies is becoming apparent. An understanding of both their importance to local people and the vulnerability of FBSSEs to external factors is best examined and analyzed through case studies. The Committee on Forestry first recognized the need for further individualized study of FBSSEs in 1985. In response to their recommendations, the Forest, Trees and People Programme, administered by the Community Forestry Unit of the Forestry Planning and Institutions Service of FAO has been developing a collection of case analyses of FBSSEs and related non-wood forest products. This set of three Asian case studies was commissioned by the Planning and Institutions Service. They illustrate the considerable diversity of these enterprises.
This paper presents the case study on forest based handicrafts of Indonesia. It focuses on two groups of FBSSEs, one on the carved wood and rattan handicrafts, which is an expanding industry and the other of the declining group of traditional umbrella and clog handicraft industries. The study highlights the constraints noticed in the sector such as that of non accessibility to profits because of the middlemen, rural-urban migration, high transportation costs etc. It also provides instances where the government has provided support by means of easier credit means.
Name of Institution Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
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