MPs stress need for efficiently exploiting bamboo resource in Ethiopia

Elderly groups and Local officials giving tributes to EABP and its fruitful results in Bamboo development

Briefing at MoARD State minister Conference Center

Briefing at UNIDO Field representative office in Addis Ababa by UNIDO Representative and Director of the Regional Office, Dr. David Tommy

Visit to FeMSEDA’s Newly upgraded Bamboo workshop

Visit to Adal Industrial Plc

Visit to Bamboo Nursery at Debrezeit Agricultural Research Center

Project target farmers at Hagereselam (Abela) briefing MPs

MPs visiting a green house for bamboo seedlings

Visiting farmers trial bamboo plots at Hagreselam (Abela)

Elderly groups and Local officials giving tributes to EABP and its fruitful results in Bamboo development

Monday, 19 January 2009

 

 

 

Addis Ababa, January 19 (WIC) – Members of the House of People & Representatives (HPR) said that it is imperative to step up efforts so as to efficiently tap the country’s bamboo resources. While visiting the Eastern Africa Bamboo Project (EABP) members of the Agriculture and Rural Development standing committee of the house through their representative, Tsegaye Brhane said that the efforts being made to exploit the country’s bamboo resources should further be strengthened. He said that activities being carried out to improve the livelihood of farmers should be stepped-up by integrating bamboo development with the industrial sector. The representative also appreciated efforts the EABP is making in collaboration with the Federal Micro and Small Enterprises Development Agency (FeMSEDA) and non-governmental organizations. National coordinator of EABP, Melaku Tadesse also on the occasion said that the visit was organized to observe the results achieved and the challenges faced by the project. Ethiopia possesses close to 67 per cent of the bamboo resource of Africa, the coordinator said, and added that the nation could generate about 12 billion birr annually from its bamboo resources. The national coordinator also pointed out that various trainings were provided on the development of bamboo in various parts of the country by foreign trainers so as to boost the economic benefit of the country. Members of the House visited the bamboo training center at FeMSEDA, the bamboo products center which is the first of its kind in the country and the bamboo seed germination unit at the Debrezeit Agricultural research center.

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