The Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry in association with Bamboo Mission of India and Bamboo Society of India organized World Bamboo Day celebrations on at Federation House, Red Hills on Tuesday.
Kameswar Ojha, mission director, National Bamboo Mission, New Delhi, the chief guest for the occasion said, “Over one and half billion people in the world live in bamboo houses. Bamboo and related industries provide income, food and housing to over 2.5 billion people in developing countries and 10 million people depend on bamboo as a livelihood source employment to 71.25 m man days.”
He further added, “The world trade in bamboo is currently estimated at 15 billion US dollars every year. The majority of bamboo is harvested by women and children, most of who live at or below subsistence levels in developing countries. In India Bamboos occupy 8.90 million ha of forest lands. Though 135 species of bamboos, including some exotics are reported as available in India, only three species constitute 78% of the growing stock.”
The states having major growing stocks of bamboos are Assam-16%, Manipur and Mizoram 14% each, Arunachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh each 12%; Orissa 7%, Meghalaya 6%, Nagaland, Maharashtra 5% each and the balance in the remaining states Mr. Ojha said.
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