Bridging rural to urban.image

Bridging

From rural to urban and local to international

Improving the lifestyle of local farming communities by promoting their fiber products (textiles and fashion accessories) and adapting them to new market opportunities, from rural to urban and local to international.

It is further evident from the current Sri Lankan context that the ‘bridging’ has two gaps to connect. The first is natural fiber products (textiles and fashion-accessories) have limited demand in the ordinary market because synthetic (and unhealthy) substitutes are sufficiently available at cheaper prices due to the policy misuse in 1977. The second is, having worked in a closed economic model, natural fiber products (textiles and fashion-accessories) from the villages do not have the required quality and quality consistency to be placed in exclusive markets that fetch high prices. Not to mention that, there are many middlemen involved to get their products to the local markets and they earn the larger portion of the selling product. Therefore, Fibershed Sri-Lanka intends to bridge these natural fiber products and quality gaps using skills and experiences from the past (which worked) towards the circular supply chain in Sri Lanka and to transform community lifestyle by connecting to new markets.

This will be improving the lifestyle of local farming and craftmanship communities by promoting their natural fiber products (textiles and fashion-accessories) and adapting them to new market opportunities, from rural to urban and local to international while supporting the nature.

Bridging rural to urban.image

Bridging

From rural to urban and local to international

Improving the lifestyle of local farming communities by promoting their fiber products (textiles and fashion accessories) and adapting them to new market opportunities, from rural to urban and local to international.

It is further evident from the current Sri Lankan context that the ‘bridging’ has two gaps to connect. The first is natural fiber products (textiles and fashion-accessories) have limited demand in the ordinary market because synthetic (and unhealthy) substitutes are sufficiently available at cheaper prices due to the policy misuse in 1977. The second is, having worked in a closed economic model, natural fiber products (textiles and fashion-accessories) from the villages do not have the required quality and quality consistency to be placed in exclusive markets that fetch high prices. Not to mention that, there are many middlemen involved to get their products to the local markets and they earn the larger portion of the selling product. Therefore, Fibershed Sri-Lanka intends to bridge these natural fiber products and quality gaps using skills and experiences from the past (which worked) towards the circular supply chain in Sri Lanka and to transform community lifestyle by connecting to new markets.

This will be improving the lifestyle of local farming and craftmanship communities by promoting their natural fiber products (textiles and fashion-accessories) and adapting them to new market opportunities, from rural to urban and local to international while supporting the nature.