Bamboo cultivation

[1] Historically a dominant raw material in South and South East Asia, the global bamboo industry has significantly grown in recent decades in part because of the high sustainability of bamboo as compared to other biomass cultivation strategies, such as traditional timber forestry.

[2][1] Or in 2009, United Nations Industrial Development Organization published guidelines for cultivation of bamboo in semi-arid climates in Ethiopia and Kenya.

[4][5] Moreover, because of the rapid growth, bamboo is an effective climate change mitigation and carbon sequestration crop, absorbing between 100 and 400 tonnes of carbon per hectare (40–160 tonnes per acre).

Bamboo is typically harvested as a source material for construction, food, crafts and other manufactured goods.

One practice, in South Korea, has been designated as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems.

African Bamboo Product Innovation Lab where bamboo farming techniques and industrial uses are tested inside the company's facility in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Bamboo contained by an in-ground barrier, shown during and after construction