The need to promote bamboo & fiber based livelihood options in a mission mode lead to the establishment of Uttaranchal bamboo and fiber development Board (UBFDB) in the year 2003, registered under the society's registration act 21 of 1860.


Uttaranchal Bamboo and Fiber Development Board was established under the aegis of the Govt. of Uttaranchal as part of the entrepreneurship development policy of the state. The mandate given to organization was clear , to sustainably utilize, manage and develop the existing resource base of bamboo & natural fiber in the state. Within a short span of time the states nodal agency for initiating and replicating of bamboo and fiber development activities is involved in the entire production to consumption system of bamboo and natural fiber based initiatives