COVID-19 has made bamboo sector development a more pressing concern in a number of INBAR’s project countries. Of the many communities impacted by COVID-19, people living in rural areas have been hit particularly hard. In parts of Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda – all countries which are part of INBAR’s ongoing Dutch-Sino-East Africa Bamboo Development Programme […]
23 April 2020 – The International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation (INBAR) will establish a new Task Force on Sustainable Bamboo Management. INBAR’s specialised Task Forces, including the Construction Task Force and the Rattan Task Force, consist of groups of key experts from all over the world who work together on specific objectives such as standards […]
10 September 2019 – After months of negotiation and support from INBAR regional staff and the Dutch-Sino East Africa Bamboo Development Programme, Ethiopia’s National Bamboo Strategy and Action Plan has been developed by the Ethiopian Environment Forest and Climate Change Commission and approved by the the Ethiopian government. INBAR’s work in Ethiopia with the Dutch-Sino East Africa […]
26 August 2019:- As part of the Dutch-Sino East Africa Bamboo Development Programme, a study tour to Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya promises to open up new avenues for investment in the East African Africa bamboo industry. Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda – the three beneficiary countries of INBAR’s Dutch-Sino East Africa Bamboo Development Programme – are blessed […]
22 July 2019 – Finalists of the International Bamboo Construction fought scorching temperatures, pouring rain and a battle against the clock to build their bamboo designs at the INBAR Pavilion over just three days before presenting their final efforts to a jury of experts. More than 70 teams from 12 countries entered the International Bamboo […]
Now in its fourth month, the Inter-Africa Livelihood Development programme is already making important progress across Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana and Madagascar. About the project: The Inter-Africa Bamboo Smallholder Farmers Livelihood Development Programme aims to improve the incomes, livelihoods and climate change adaptive capacities of African smallholder farmers, women and youth, by increasing their participation in […]
INBAR’s project implemented in Madagascar, Tanzania and Ethiopia has come to an end after two phases and four years. We reflect on the long-term impact of this ambitious project to improves the lives of rural people in Africa through nature-based livelihoods and environmental management. Supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the European […]
A training session in Addis Ababa has helped to spread knowledge about bamboo’s carbon storage potential. Under its “Dutch-Sino East Africa Bamboo Development Programme”, and Zhejiang A&F University , INBAR organised a well-attended training programme on “Carbon Estimation Methodology Development for bamboo forest management” from 17 – 25 August 2018 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The training […]
An update on INBAR’s work with two initiatives: the South-South Knowledge Transfer Strategies project, and the Dutch-Sino-East Africa Programme. Lake Tana is the largest fresh water lake in Ethiopia, and one important source of the Blue Nile river. It is also of immense ecological and economic value to millions of people in Ethiopia. Due to […]
PRESS RELEASE: NEW SINO-AFRICA PROJECT BOOSTS DEVELOPMENT BAMBOO FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A new project will help develop the bamboo sectors in a number of African countries, using experience from China. Beijing, China, 25 June 2018 (INBAR) – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation (INBAR) today launched a […]
The annual Beijing-based training for bamboo and rattan development begins 8 June 2018 – The Seminar on Bamboo and Rattan for Poverty Alleviation and Social Development for Developing Countries 2018 opened today in Beijing, China. The seminar, which is funded by China’s Ministry of Commerce and run by INBAR and the International Bamboo and Rattan […]
INBAR’s new mobile app assists with on-farm inventory data collection across Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Tanzania and Uganda Bamboo is an important crop for many farmers and small to medium enterprises. Often grown in households, shelter beds, farms and micro-plantations – in areas which can cover as little as a few square metres – this plant […]
