by Rica | May 13, 2020 | Blog
How can China’s bamboo plantations increase production sustainably? Will growing global demand for alternative fibres deliver benefits for farmers and communities? And do carbon markets have a role to play?This June 15-19, WWF-China together with the China Green...
by Rica | May 13, 2020 | Blog
What are the pros of planting bamboo in the garden, and are there any reasons not to grow bamboo? That is what’s at question here, and we hope to provide some insight into both sides of this common debate. Read on for information about bamboo benefits vs. bamboo...
by Rica | May 12, 2020 | Blog
In this posting we address another common misconception when it comes to bamboo farming and the development of commercial bamboo plantations, and that is bamboo’s need for regular fertilization. Under a context of regular harvesting, this statement is simply...
by Rica | May 12, 2020 | Blog
Bamboo Matures in 3 Years. An extremely misleading statement we come across again and again, and yet, when you talk to anyone with experience in actually growing bamboo, they’ll be far more likely to confirm that under the best of conditions the time frame to...
by Rica | May 11, 2020 | Blog
Despite the tribe of bamboo – included within the Poaceae family – having upwards of 1,600 individual species, and being split between two extremely distinct growth patterns (monopodial and sympodial bamboo), this widely diverse group of woody perennial...
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