Hjemmeindustri i form af kyllingeopdræt, køkkenhaver og biavl vinder frem i det nordlige Sri Lanka, der var omdrejningspunkt under borgerkrigen, der sluttede i 2009. Arbejdsløsheden er på 20 procent, og mange ser derfor en mulighed i at skabe deres egen virksomhed indenfor markeder, hvor der allerede er en efterspørgsel.
NEDUNKERNI, 10. November 2011 (IRIN): Cottage industries such as poultry farming, home gardening and bee-keeping are becoming increasingly popular among returnees in Sri Lanka’s former northern conflict zone as alternatives to regular jobs, officials say.
“We have seen a lot of applications for loans for poultry and home gardens,” Prem Kumar, area manager for the Bank of Ceylon, one of Sri Lanka’s two largest state-owned banks, told IRIN in northern Vavuniya District.
“When jobs become harder to find, people find it easier to start something on their own, especially so when they see there are opportunities to succeed.”
With job creation low, unemploy- ment at about 20 percent and under-employment around 30 percent, cottage industries now play a vital role in generating income in the former war zone, say government officials.
“They have now become an important part of income-generation efforts,” Piencia Charles, the country’s top government official for Vavuniya District, explained.
High on the list is poultry farming. “The reason is because there is a ready-made market in the villages. You really don’t have to worry too much about transport,” Kanagasabapathi Udayakumar, the general manager of the Vavuniya North Multi-purpose Cooperative Society (MPC), noted.
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