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TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY MODEL HOMESTEAD BAMBOO PLANTATION

TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY MODEL HOMESTEAD BAMBOO PLANTATION. INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR BAMBOO AND RATTAN. Why bamboo?. Bamboos grow more rapidly than trees and start to yield within three or four years of planting.

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TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY MODEL HOMESTEAD BAMBOO PLANTATION

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  1. TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY MODEL HOMESTEAD BAMBOO PLANTATION INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR BAMBOO AND RATTAN

  2. Why bamboo? • Bamboos grow more rapidly than trees and start to yield within three or four years of planting. • Plantation establishment requires minimal capital investment and builds upon the inherent plant-cultivation skills of local farmers and foresters. • Bamboos can be harvested annually and non-destructively. • Bamboos are excellent for rejuvenating degraded lands and protecting against soil erosion. • Bamboos may easily be intercropped with shallow-rooted crops. • As well as the culms, all other parts of the bamboo plant can be used in rural livelihoods - shoots for food, leaves for fodder, and branches for items such as brooms and for firewood.

  3. What is a homestead bamboo plantation? • A homestead bamboo plantation is a plantation owned and run by one family. Its size will be determined by the amount of time various family members are able to devote to it aside from their other responsibilities. • The homestead bamboo plantation will supply a small number of culms and shoot annually, either for sale as raw materials, or for family or community-based processing activities, thereby generating extra income.

  4. How do I establish and run a homestead bamboo plantation? 1. Select suitable land: 2. Choose your species: 3. Prepare the land well. Most soils are suitable. Select carefully based upon A gently sloping site is ideal. intended end - uses. 4. Plant one year-old 5. Proper plantation management 6. Sustainable harvesting bamboo plants in will ensure continued regular will maintain plantation the spring. harvests every year. integrity in the long term.

  5. Creates income generation for poor rural people, especially women. Improves and broadensfarmers plant cultivation skills base, making them more able to handle shocks and empowering them with new abilities. Increasesthe area of managed bamboo resources. Permitsrapid re-greening of denuded and degraded lands. Promotesthe sustainable increased use of bamboo as a wood substitute. Providesraw material for downstream processing and income generation activities by the householder. Main development attributes of a homestead bamboo plantation

  6. Simultaneous cultivation of three or four different species, each with specific end-uses, can greatly increase the versatility of the plantation. Most bamboos can be harvested from approximately the fifth year after planting, but intercropping can be practiced during this time. Some salient facts • The plantation can supply • the individual family's • bamboo processing • activities, or broader • community processing • activities. Photo: handmade bamboo/wood composite baskets

  7. Homestead with land available for bamboo cultivation Interest of local families in planting bamboo. Availability of raw materials - propagules, fertilisers, tools. A small amount of start-up capital to purchase propagules and tools. Access to expert advice and assistance in the early stages. Establishment of a supportive community infrastructure, especially if the family will also be processing the bamboos. Requirements for success Photo: splitting bamboo

  8. ESTABLISHMENT COSTS(US $) Planting,, fertilisers and other costs for 400 seedlings plus 15% for mortality $82.80 RUNNING COSTS yr 1 $136 yr 2 $62 yr 3 $76 yr 4 $91 yr 5 $159 yr 6 + $13 * all figures per hectare Financial aspects of a homestead bamboo plantation*(based on data for Melocanna baccifera in Bangladesh) RETURNS - from year 5 onwards Sale of culms Profit yr 5 $133 $93 neg yr 6 $160 $106 yr 7 $187 $132 yr 8 $213 $159 yr 9 $240 $186 yr 10+ $280 $267 RETURN ABOVE VARIABLE COSTS 18%

  9. See TOTEMs Medium and large scale bamboo plantations. Bamboo shoot plantation. Community bamboo nursery. Websites INBAR: www.inbar.int Publications A manual for vegetative propagation of bamboos. INBAR technical report no 6. Text file available at: http://www.inbar.int/publication/txt/ INBAR_Technical_Report_No06.htm Contact INBAR, Beijing 100101-80, China Bangladesh Forest Research Institute, Chittagong, Bangladesh. For further information Photo: Extracting a culm for propagation

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