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AgroPolicy, Bamboo industry, India, Sustainability

The National Workshop of Bamboo Sector Development and Bamboo Exhibition aims to bring together key stakeholders from the bamboo industry, including policymakers, researchers, industry experts

Dr Abhilaksh Likhi, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, inaugurated the Bamboo Exhibition at the National Workshop on Bamboo Sector Development in New Delhi. The Additional Secretary, along with Joint Secretary (Horticulture), Priya Ranjan and Horticulture Commissioner, Dr Prabhat Kumar, visited all 58 stalls at the event, interacting with State Bamboo Mission officials, State Department officials, artisans, bamboo experts and entrepreneurs.

The exhibition saw participation from State Bamboo Missions including Tripura, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim. Institutes like Bamboo and Cane Development Institute, Phoenix Foundation, Northeast Cane and Bamboo Development Council, Foundation of MSME Clusters along with startups and new age companies like Epitome (Mutha Industries), BioCraftBiomize, Bamboo India, ESES Biowealth Pvt Limited, Corner Art Store and organisations like Maharashtra Bamboo Board, Handicraft Sectorial Council and Bamboo FPOs under NAFED also participated in the event.

The National Workshop of Bamboo Sector Development and Bamboo Exhibition aims to bring together key stakeholders from the bamboo industry, including policymakers, researchers, industry experts, institutes and organisations to discuss the current state of the bamboo sector in India and identify ways to promote its growth and development.

The event is being organised by the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Invest India and the Kerala State Bamboo Mission in New Delhi.

The National Workshop of Bamboo Sector Development

Allied Industry, Bamboo industry, Country, India, Interaction, Sustainability

To develop multipurpose products at low cost from bamboo lab should be set up in the state.

“Bamboo farmers will become richer than sugarcane farmers, when bamboo will be used in different products. Bamboo crop can be a cash crop in Maharashtra, said Sudhir Munguntiwar, Forest Minister of Maharashtra in a Bamboo conference organized at the 13th Agrovision exhibition. Nitin Gadkari Union minister Road Transport and Highways, Pasha Patel; Farmer leader, Sharad Gadakh Vice Chancellor of Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Agriculture University, Ravi Boratkar, Organising Secretary of Agrovision and Publisher of AgroSpectrum magazine, C.D. Mayee, Chairman, Advisory committee Agrovision and other delegates were present at the conference. 

Munguntiwar said,” There is a proposal for diesel production from bamboo in the pipeline. If we become successful in using bamboo as a wood, there will be less tree cutting. There is a need of setting up bamboo lab in Maharashtra state to develop multipurpose products at low cost from bamboo. The State Government of Maharashtra has set up Bamboo Research and Training Centre in Chandrapur. This year Bamboo Centre has made rakhis from bamboo and those rakhis were sent to London worth rupees 10 thousand.  State Government also plans to plant bamboo trees alongside Nalha in the Manarega scheme. The Ministry of Forest has planted more than four thousand bamboo trees in the state.

“Bamboo economy can be developed in India like China; China has Rs 50 lakh crores of the bamboo economy. Bamboo can be cultivated on wasteland”, said Nitin Gadkari. In one acre of land 200 tonnes of bamboo can be produced in two years of cultivation. Now ethanol production from bamboo is also possible we should increase bamboo plantations in the state which can create more jobs in the agriculture sector, he added.

Prof. Charu Chandra Korde from IIT Mumbai, Ashis Gharai, architecture Lalit Davate gave presentations on different use of bamboo.

To develop multipurpose products at low cost

Agro Universities, Agrotech, Bamboo industry, R&D, Sugar industry

The novel apparatus complements bud chip technology for sugarcane propagation under direct planting and nursery raising methods

A patent for sugarcane bud chipping apparatus has been granted to the Punjab Agricultural University for its novel bud chipping technology for sugarcane, bamboo, etc. developed by Dr Jasvir Singh Gill, Assistant Agronomist, Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, PAU. The university filed a patent for this innovation in 2014. This novel apparatus complements bud chip technology for sugarcane propagation under direct planting and nursery raising methods, potentially reducing the sugarcane seed rate requirement by 98 per cent.

Sarvjit Singh, Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Punjab and Vice-Chancellor, PAU; Dr Ajmer Singh Dhatt, Director of Research; Dr Ashok Kumar, Director of Extension Education; Dr GS Mangat, Additional Director of Research (Crop Improvement); Dr Gursahib Singh, Additional Director of Research (Farm Mechanization and Bioenergy); Dr PPS Pannu, Additional Director of Research (Natural Resources and Plant Health Management); Dr MS Bhullar, Head, Department of Agronomy and Dr Mahesh Narang, Head, Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering congratulated the inventor Mr Jasvir Singh Gill for getting the patent which is a testimony to his dedication and hard work.

The novel apparatus complements bud chip technology

AgroPolicy, Bamboo industry, Trade

The policy amendment will reduce high input cost of raw bamboo and make the bamboo-based industries, mostly in the remote rural areas, financially profitable

Government of India has lifted the export prohibition on bamboo charcoal, a move that would facilitate optimum utilisation of raw bamboo and higher profitability in the Indian bamboo industry. Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), which is supporting thousands of bamboo-based industries in the country, was persistently requesting the government to lift the export restriction on bamboo charcoal. Chairman KVIC Vinai Kumar Saxena had written to the Minister of Commerce and Industries, Piyush Goyal, seeking to lift the export restriction on bamboo charcoal for the larger benefit of the bamboo industry.

“All the bamboo charcoal made from bamboo obtained from legal sources are permitted for export subject to proper documentation/ certificate of origin proving that the bamboo used for making charcoal has been obtained from legal sources,” read the notification issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT).

Chairman KVIC, Saxena thanked Minister of Commerce and Industries, Piyush Goyal for the policy amendment saying the decision would reduce the high input cost of raw bamboo and make the bamboo-based industries, mostly in the remote rural areas, financially profitable.

Notably, the Indian bamboo industry, at present, is grappling with extremely high input cost owing to inadequate utilisation of bamboo. In India, bamboo is mostly used in manufacturing of Agarbatti wherein, a maximum of 16 per cent is used for manufacturing of bamboo sticks while the remaining 84 per cent of bamboo is a complete waste. As a result, the bamboo input cost for round bamboo sticks is in the range of Rs 25,000 to Rs 40,000 per MT as against the average bamboo cost of Rs 4,000 to Rs 5,000 per MT.

However, export of bamboo charcoal would ensure complete utilisation of the bamboo waste and thus make the bamboo business more profitable. Bamboo charcoal for barbeque, soil nutrition and as a raw material for manufacturing activated charcoal, has great potential in international markets like the US, Japan, Korea, Belgium, Germany, Italy, France and the UK.

The policy amendment will reduce high input

Bamboo industry

Experts will guide the farmers on bamboo cultivation

The 12th AGROVISION, India’s Premier Agri Summit, scheduled from December 24-27, at Reshimbagh Ground, Nagpur will conduct a workshop on Bamboo Cultivation in India.

The value of bamboo production in India is estimated at $4.4 billion. This is a field with immense earning potential and Agrovision 2021 with its workshops will put light on bamboo cultivation in the country.

With an aim to familiarise farmers with the latest trends and technologies that influence agriculture today, many workshops will be organised on important topics, such as: Bamboo cultivation, agri tourism, supply chain management, empowering farmers, poultry production etc, in the event.

Farmers from in and around Vidarbha and adjoining states will be participating in the event this year. Furthermore, conferences on current issues in agriculture and allied agri sectors will be held. Around 400 exhibitors are likely to participate in the event.

The exclusive media partner is Agro Spectrum India along with BioSpectrum India and NuFFooDS Spectrum India. MM Activ Sci-Tech Communications is the organiser of the event.

Experts will guide the farmers on bamboo

Environment

The initiative involves creativity and resource in talent scouting, training, technology sourcing, market linkage to give a boost to the sector

North East Cane and Bamboo Development Council (NECBDC), has set up nursery and bamboo plantation site at LeirikKhul, Imphal West District and the Bamboo plantation site at Konshak Khul, Kangpopkpi District, Manipur.

Set up under North Eastern Council, Shillong under the Ministry of DoNER, Government of India, the initiative involves creativity and resource in talent scouting, training, technology sourcing, market linkage for giving a new age thrust to the age-old bamboo sector.

The initiative involves creativity and resource in