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Bamboo is a plant that occurs over much of the World. It is probable that billions of the World's population see, eat and touch bamboo every day. Bamboo contributes significantly to the income generation of many poor farmers. Yet it is an "orphan" crop - largely ignored by the main landholding agencies - forestry and agriculture.
This volume contains most of the papers presented at the joint Fifthth International Bamboo Congress and Sixth International Bamboo Workshop held in San José, Costa Rica, 1998, organized by the International Bamboo Association (IBA) and INBAR. The book is divided into four parts: Bamboo Resources and Socio-economics; Bamboo Propagation and Management; Bamboo Engineering and Construction; Bamboo Design and Utilization. The topics covered include varied aspects of bamboo, such as: from bamboo resources of Mexico to bamboos of Ethiopia; from bamboo afforestation of a mined area to bamboo as a food and fiber alternative in an island; from bamboo drippers to bamboo wheelchairs; from teaching architecture with bamboo to an international building code for bamboo; from silviculture of Guadua bamboo to flowering of Moso bamboo; and many more.
This publication serves to highlight the usefulness of bamboo in aiding developing countries in their sustainable social, economic and environmental development.
Contents
Section 1 Resources and socio-economics: the two bamboos of Ethiopia, Walter Liese; Indian bamboos in early 21st century, N.S. Adkoli; bamboo - a natural resource of infinite capabilities, S. Shyam Sunder; the geographical distribution of Vietnam bamboo forests, Nguyen Boi Quynh; 15 years of bamboo integrated development in Costa Rica - a personal view, Ana Cecilia Chaves de Soto; evaluation of bamboo resources in Latin America, Ximena Londono; bamboo in Latin America - present situation and projection for the 21st century, Jorge Moran Ubidia; native species of bamboo in Mexico, Gilberto R. Cortes and Rosa Ines Aguilar; native and exotic bamboos of Cuba, Ramona Oviedo and Ximena Londono; prospects and challenges of bamboo industries in Malaysia in the 21st century, Abd Latif Mohmod; the bamboo industry of China - looking back and ahead, Wang Shudong; bamboo as an alternative material to timber in Malaysia - yield, production and utilization, Abd Latif Mohmod, Abd Razak Othman and Norini Haron; bamboo industrialization in the context of sustainable development, Trevor D. Dagilis and David J. Turcke; economic reforms, bamboo production and local economy - a case study of Linan County, Zhejiang Province, China, Shashi Kant and Marian Chiu; bamboo-dependent livelihood patterns of fishing communities - a case study of the West Coast of India, Sanjay V. Deshmukh, Prasad C. Karnik, Balakrishna Bhatkhande, Amol B. Deshmane , Anil K. Patil, Manoj R. Borkar and Kedar Kulkarni; earth quakes, poverty and bamboo, Mariantonia Pineda and Heny Doing; bamboo craft development - a tool for the of tribal and rural communities, Ritu Varu. Industrialized handicraft (in-hand) - the Abra experience, Carmelita Bersalona. Section 2 Propagation and management: culm characteristics of two bamboos in relation to age, height and site, Abd Latif Mohmod and Walter Liese; dynamical analysis on endogenous phytohormones of Phyllostachys pubescens during its growth and development from shoot to young culm. (Part contents).
