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A new project to support triangular cooperation using bamboo takes shape in Ghana. On 23 September 2022, the kick-off meeting for the new project Bamboo-based Enterprises for Sustainable Livelihood and Income Generation in Ghana was held online. The project, under the Fund for Triangular Cooperation with Asia, will foster cooperation between Ghana, Germany and India. […]
INBAR trained bamboo harvesters and traders in business development due to the increasing demand for bamboo culms in Ghana A total of 50 bamboo harvesters and traders in Ghana benefited from a 2-day (11-12 May) business development training workshop in Accra as part of an ongoing series of training for bamboo value-chain actors to enhance […]
On 9 May 2022, INBAR West Africa Regional Office organised a round table stakeholder dialogue meeting in Accra to discuss action steps and identify opportunities in areas such as landscape restoration, bioenergy production, job creation and livelihood enhancement to ensure the ongoing implementation of Ghana’s Bamboo and Rattan Policy Strategy is aligned with the country’s […]
Experiences and lessons learned from bamboo biomass energy for Africa were shared at the XV World Forestry Congress On the occasion of the XV World Forestry Congress co-organised by the Korea Forest Service and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations in Seoul, INBAR organised a side event themed ‘Bamboo as sustainable biomass […]
INBAR in collaboration with Natureherit hosted a dialogue with cross-continental multi-actors on the bamboo sector development in West Africa. On 3 March, 338 registrants from 62 countries and more live participants virtually attended the webinar “A Multi-Actor Dialogue on Bamboo Sectoral Development for a Green Circular Economy in West Africa”. The dialogue objective was to […]
INBAR trains 51 agriculture extension officers in the use of bamboo leaves as fodder to feed livestock in Ghana 18 March 2020 ─ A total of 51 Agriculture Extension Officers from livestock production communities in the Sekyere Afram Plains District of the Ashanti Region, Ghana participated in a Training of Trainers (ToT) workshop on the […]
INBAR held a workshop to bring together financial institutions and bamboo and rattan artisans in Ghana. On Friday, 4 March 2022, INBAR West Africa Regional Office (WARO) organised an awareness workshop in Accra for representatives of banks and other financial institutions as well as bamboo and rattan Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) under the Inter Africa […]
INBAR conducts capacity-building on bamboo weaving and product design in Ghana. Twenty-five trainees from Kpando-Abgenoxoe, a rural community in the Volta Region of Ghana have successfully completed a 2-week intensive training in bamboo weaving and product design. The training which started on 24 January to 8 February 2022 was organised by INBAR under the Inter-Africa […]
Delegates discovered the bamboo sector development of Kenya in a recent study tour held in the country. From 28 November to 2 December 2021, in collaboration with the Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI), INBAR organised in Kenya the in-country bamboo study tour. The tour gathered about 35 delegates from Belgium, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, […]
On 2-5 November 2021, experts from the INBAR Task Force on Sustainable Bamboo Management met in Accra, Ghana to work on a range of bamboo standards. The meeting was held alongside a capacity-building workshop for representatives of 11 countries, on how to create standards for bamboo products. Both activities were part of the South-South and […]
INBAR has organised a symposium in Ghana to improve bamboo and rattan value chain conditions. INBAR West Africa Regional Office (WARO) organised a 2-day Regional Symposium on bamboo and rattan development in Africa under the theme “Investing in Bamboo as a Productive Sector of the Economy” from 22- 23 July 2021 in Accra, Ghana. The symposium is part of activities under the China-IFAD South-South Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) Facility, which seeks to improve bamboo and […]
INBAR recent training session in Ghana focused on bamboo weaving and product development. INBAR has trained 50 young women and men in bamboo weaving and product development. The training, which occurred from 3-17 June 2021 involved members from the Bompata community in the Asante Akim South Municipal in Ashanti Region of Ghana. Within a period of 14 days, […]