Bamboo Plantation and Products, a Profitable Business

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Bamboo is one of the most abundant and environmental-friendly and sustainable resources available in NE Region, which is not being used to its full potential. Bamboos, which are widespread in India, offer numerous opportunities in this regard, and there is much potential for expanding it. In view of commercial cultivation and economic utilisation of bamboo as a substitute for the fast depleting timber resources, a comprehensive programme of bamboo for sectional upgradation, enhancement of employment opportunities for artisans, promotion of value-addition through better and well-designed product development, optimum propagation and conservation and diversifying production and processing activities through organized community action has been taken up.

A bamboo farm once started could continue to exist for years on and give you some form of residual income. Bamboo starter plants, meanwhile, are sold from $25 to more than $100. To make sure the bamboo variety you’ve chosen is suited to your place’s climate and soil, grow it on a small scale first. Planting bamboos should follow recommended specifications, particularly with regards to spacing.

Bamboo is a versatile, strong, renewable and environment-friendly material.Bamboo has a lot of economic benefits and that is why it is a brisk business to start a bamboo farms. Because of its strength and resilience, bamboos are utilized as a building material (scaffolding, roofing, flooring et al) in the construction industry, it can be used to make furniture, it is used for decorations, bamboos are used as writing surface, bamboo fiber are used to make high quality paper, bamboo are used to produce musical instruments and it is also used to construct weapons.

Bamboo and Global Challenges

Bamboo is well placed to address four major global challenges :

•Shelter security, through the provision of safe, secure, durable and affordable housing and community buildings. 

•Livelihood security, through the generation of employment in planting, primary and secondary processing, construction, craft and the manufacture of value-added products.

•Ecological security, by conservation of forests through timber substitution, as an efficient carbon sink, and as an alternative to non-biodegradable and high-embodied energy materials such as plastics and metals.

•Food security through bamboo-based agro-forestry systems, by maintaining the fertility of adjoining agricultural lands, and as a direct food source – example, edible bamboo shoots.

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