{"id":9794,"date":"2026-09-29T14:21:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T14:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/?p=9794"},"modified":"2026-09-29T14:25:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T14:25:03","slug":"odishas-bamboo-sector-achieves-major-milestone-with-pramaan-certification-under-ifwcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/?p=9794","title":{"rendered":"Odisha\u2019s Bamboo Sector Achieves Major Milestone with PRAMAAN Certification under IFWCS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>National Recognition for Mayurbhanj Bamboo Farmer and OBDA\u2019s Efforts<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bhubaneswar, 29 September 2026 [ADN :<\/strong> In a proud moment for Odisha\u2019s bamboo sector, the PRAMAAN Certificate under the Indian Forest &amp; Wood Certification Scheme (IFWCS) was awarded today by Hon\u2019ble Union Minister of Environment, Forest &amp; Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The certificate was awarded in the presence of Shri Tanmay Kumar IAS, Secretary, MoEFCC, Shri Sushil Kumar Awasthi IFS, Director General of Forests, and other senior officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The certificate was received by Shri Gobinda Mahapatra, a bamboo farmer from Laxmiposi, Gobardhansul in Mayurbhanj district, and Shri Karthick V IFS, Mission Director, Odisha Bamboo Development Agency (OBDA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The certification has been granted under the scope of Trees Outside Forests Management and Chain of Custody (TOFM-CoC), covering a certified area of 14.03 hectares across four plots in Gobardhansul and Ranibhol. The certified bamboo species include Bambusa vulgaris, Bambusa nutans and Dendrocalamus strictus, which are used commercially for construction and furniture. The certification process was audited by a NABCB-accredited certification body.<br>This achievement marks an important step towards strengthening Odisha\u2019s farm-grown bamboo value chain. The certification assures buyers that the bamboo is legally and sustainably sourced, thereby enhancing market credibility and opening up opportunities in premium domestic and export markets for bamboo farmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The initiative was funded, coordinated and supported by the Odisha Bamboo Development Agency through IIFM, Bhopal. It reflects OBDA\u2019s continued efforts to promote sustainable bamboo cultivation, improve farmer livelihoods and position Odisha as an emerging leader in the bamboo sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bhubaneswar, 29 September 2026 [ADN : In a proud moment for Odisha\u2019s bamboo sector, the PRAMAAN Certificate under<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9794"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9796,"href":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9794\/revisions\/9796"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}