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Komal gupta

17/03/22 13:25 PM IST

Source: PIB

Integrated Bamboo Project

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With the objective to redefine the Bamboo Mission, the integrated bamboo project has been launched at Tamenglong in Manipur and it is funded by the North Eastern Council (NEC) which operates under the Ministry of Doner.

About the Bamboo Project:

  • The project will be implemented by the North East Cane and Bamboo Development Council (NECBDC) which is a designated Bamboo Technical Support Group under the National Bamboo Mission.
  • This project intends to promote bamboo technology and up-gradation.
  • This project facilitates the industrialisation of bamboo and cane setting up networks that can be augmented as bamboo clusters resulting in employment generation in rural areas.

Significance of Bamboo

  • Bamboo is considered to be a versatile crop with multiple uses.
  • It can be used as a food, a substitute of wood, biofuel, incense sticks, construction material and also for handicrafts and paper.
  • India is the second-largest cultivator of bamboo with 136 species and 23 genera spread over millions of hectares.
Despite having a considerable bamboo resource India’s commercial share in terms of bamboo is a mere 4% globally.

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