INBAR bamboo development programme in East Africa has recently held its third steering committee meeting. The Dutch-Sino East Africa Bamboo Development Programme Phase II has recently held its third Steering Committee meeting in Kampala, Uganda. Present at the meeting were government focal persons from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda, donor representatives from China and the Netherlands, […]

Kenyan bamboo community celebrated the International Women’s Day of 2022, with a theme titled the role of women in the bamboo sector: a call for climate action for women by women. In March every year, the world celebrates international women’s day, highlighting issues that have affected women in different ways. One of them is the […]

Ethiopia and Kenya recently held multi-stakeholder workshops to bring together and engage stakeholders in planning, implementation, evaluation and adaptive management of the bamboo sector development in both countries. Actors of the private sector – bamboo growers, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, other enterprises – and relevant government agencies are the vanguards of bamboo sector development in Kenya […]

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 is supporting a Community of Practice on bamboo nurseries in Kenya. In August 2021, a Community of Practice (CoP) for bamboo nurseries development has been formed in Kenya with major players from government agencies, the private sector, research institutions, Kenyan bamboo association, community members, and INBAR. The main goal of this CoP is to bring together […]

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 East Africa Regional Office (EARO) celebrated this year’s World Environment Day in Ethiopia and Kenya.  World Environment Day has always been a good day to inspire individuals and organisations locally and internationally to prioritise climate change issues and strive to achieve sustainable development goals. INBAR EARO organised activities to celebrate World Environment Day in Ethiopia and Kenya to promote the […]

INBAR recent training sessions in Kenya focused on bamboo restoration and sustainable management, value chain development, and clean energy.  INBAR has conducted three training sessions in Kenya. The sessions have benefited more than 150 participants from youth groups, local communities, government departments and the private sector. These sessions were:   Training on technology transfer for value chain development  The training session conducted on 15 to 19 March 2021 and in collaboration with the Kenyan Forest Research Institute (KEFRI) focused on imparting skills on […]

INBAR’s project has been supporting three East African countries on improved bamboo economic activities through different capacity building initiatives  INBAR has been conducting several bamboo capacity building training in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda, the three focus countries of the Dutch-Sino-East Africa Bamboo Development Programme: Phase II. In Ethiopia, a bamboo weaving and basket production training […]

INBAR project staff co-organised a three-day ‘Training of trainers’ session in Ethiopia as part of the Dutch-Sino-East Africa Bamboo Development Programme. 27 November 2020 – Between 18 to 21 November, INBAR and the Ethiopia Environment  Forest Climate Change Commission (EEFCCC) organised a training session with 53 participants in Addis Ababa. Trainees, who were all from EEFCCC […]

Bamboo can help provide food security in both human and livestock diets. During a recent training session in Kenya, participants learned about how to prepare, package and market bamboo shoots as food. According to the International Fund for Agricultural Development, approximately 10 million people in Kenya suffer from chronic food insecurity and poor nutrition. As […]