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38 shortage of teak charcoal and the high price of teak charcoal during the rainy season, which squeezes out their profits-2 assume this is even more true on Madura the project design contains no informa-tion on current rates of charcoal useage or possible problems of supply + cost, but presumably the rate of useage would rise sharply if the village converts to making pacul and larger tools. PR 3- project to provide training + tools to [[boxed]] pandanus [[boxed]] weavers in Desa Kampak, Kec. Geger, Kab. Bangkalan -are 200 pandan weavers in Kec. Geger, 65 of them located in Desa Kampak -their only product at present is tikar -weavers are generally poor farmers who do it as a sambulan -one tikar of medium quality takes 10 days to make + sells for 750 Rp; thus earnings ave. 75 Rp a day -pandan grows wild in large quantities on nearly hills -study estimates that if can be trained to diversity products can earn +/- 250 Rp a day (e.g 5 hats a day x 50Rp) [[left margin]] Budget 3M over 4 years, 800,000 [[?]] [/left margin]] 39 [[underline]] program proposed: [[underline]] 1. 20 pengr. pandan will be selected by the Camat of Geger and the Dukoh (Kep. Desa) of Kampak to participate in the training 2. Training given in Kapak by 3 privincial staff for 10 days in how to make pandan hats, purses + carpets 3. a 4-day study tour (studiperbandigan) for the 20 pengs. to Tasikmalaya in W. Java - taken there by colt (both during the training course + study tour participants paid - during course 250 a day'ganti rugi' + during tour 10,000 for 4 days 'wang saku' ) 4. formation of a KUD 5. donation of 2 sewing machines + + 1 set of equipment for processing pan-danas (kompor pampa + perebus pandan) 6. in following years same program will be carried out other desas budget 3M over 4 yrs, 800,000 [[?]] my comments: 1. As majority of pandan weavers on Java are women, it is assumed this is true in Kampak as well. [[It?]] is hoped, therefore, that persons chosen for courses + study tours are also women. An excellent opportunity