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In April, INBAR’s Central Africa Regional Office and the government of the Republic of Cameroon hosted a three-day conference on a critical topic: assessing bamboo and rattan’s importance for sustainable economic growth in Africa. There are an estimated six million hectares of bamboo in Africa, and more than 20 species of rattan. These non-timber forest […]
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, […]
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 […]
On Friday 8th March 2019 the Ambassador of Tanzania to China, The Honourable Mbelwa Kairuki, made an official visit to the Headquarters of the International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation in Beijing, China. Tanzania is a founding member of INBAR, and work in the region includes the ongoing Dutch-Sino East Africa Bamboo Development Programme, a highly […]
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 […]
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 […]
As 2017 draws to a close, we consider the work of the South-South Knowledge Transfer Strategies project. For millions of disadvantaged people in Eastern and Southern Africa, bamboo has high potential for contributing to poverty alleviation, environmental protection and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Bamboo can be easily integrated into agriculture – including wastelands, […]
The sheer number of bamboo species can make it difficult to know how to treat and use them. This is one major challenge which the INBAR-led, IFAD and EU funded South-South Knowledge Transfer Strategies project is aiming to tackle, through its intensive training programmes taking place in Ethiopia, Madagascar and Tanzania. In the most recent, […]
An update from INBAR’s work on South-South knowledge transfer strategies Almost 90 local craftsmen in Ethiopia and Tanzania have received training as part of INBAR’s IFAD- and EU-funded project, South-South knowledge transfer strategies. Two experts on bamboo furniture and handicrafts from India, Mr. Rajendra Deb barma and Mr. Sandeep Singh, spent over two months in […]
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 […]
A panel of experts, policy makers and development professionals met at COP 21 in Paris to look at emerging new inputs to the Global Assessment of Bamboo and Rattan. In a special session at COP 21 in Paris, experts from INBAR, Kew Botanic Gardens, Ethiopia, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and bamboo producer, […]
[The below is a statement given at COP 21. INBAR participated in the South-South Climate Change Collaboration Forum on December 6.] The mutual exchange of knowledge, innovations and technologies among partners across the Global South are key to the wider development of bamboo and rattan. The recent rise of China, India, and Brazil on the […]