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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
May 31 marks World No Tobacco Day – and a chance to reflect on bamboo’s role as a sustainable, environmentally beneficial alternative to tobacco farming. Dangers associated with nicotine are nothing new. The concerns about the harmful effects of consumption of tobacco products have drawn attention ever since people started smoking. As early as the beginning […]
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 […]
INBAR Director-General, Dr. Hans Friederich: explorer and bamboo enthusiast Read the full story here
At INBAR, every day is ‘bamboo day’. Today (18 September) marks World Bamboo Day, and provides us with a chance to reflect on bamboo’s importance. As well as being an integral, ancient part of cultures around the world, bamboo is also a very strategic tool for rural development. This has been INBAR’s focus since our […]
18th September is World Bamboo Day. This versatile plant with its numerous uses supports livelihoods, biodiversity and climate change action. Did you know
Kenya is the latest INBAR Member State to take more action in bamboo and rattan standardisation INBAR Member state Kenya, represented by the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS), has officially joined ISO/TC 296 as a Participating member. ISO/TC 296 is a Technical Committee established under the International Standardization Organization (ISO). It works to standardise the terminology, specifications […]
Second Plenary Meeting of ISO Technical Committee 296—Bamboo and Rattan launched on 22 August 2017 in Jakarta. The second Plenary Meeting of the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) Technical Committee (TC) 296—Bamboo and Rattan (ISO/TC 296 PM) was launched on 22 August 2017 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Hosted by the National Standardisation Agency of Indonesia (BSN), […]
On 31 May, countries all over the globe observe World No Tobacco Day. Bamboo has great potential to replace tobacco as a crop and form of sustainable income, as this INBAR project shows. “Since I started growing bamboo, my life has taken a different direction: I can now afford almost everything I have always wished […]
2 August 2016 – The government of the Netherlands and INBAR signed an agreement aimed at developing the bamboo sector in East Africa over the next three years. The project will build on Chinese and Dutch expertise in bamboo to help East Africa unlock its vast potential for bamboo and rattan use. Read the release […]