Importance of cottage industries in Nepal

Cottage Industries are carried on in houses or cottages.They are carried on a small scale by individuals in their houses. they have to invest a little amount of money. they have only one or two workers to help them. mostly works are accomplished with the help of their own family members.Pottery, carpentry, smithy, bee-keeping,spinning, basket-making, carpet-making, weaving,poultry-farming, fishpond are some examples of cottage industries. Many people in our country are involved in such activities. Nepal being poor country, the importance of cottage industries is great. Our country has not same much of industrialisation. There are only few factories. We are far from development. Our country lacks in communication and electricity. There are only few good roads. Most of the place are not linked to a road. They are removed and in accessible. In such a case, cootage industries exist under compulsion.