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Technical Reports (Studies)

a. Market-based Development With Bamboo in East Africa

... The ADAL Bamboo Factory has a background in incense stick production and expanded recently to laminate bamboo flooring. They have bought the same machine park from the same provider as FeMSEDA and are producing quite acceptable bamboo flooring in Addis Ababa. According to the initial Unido planning, a container of Bamboo had to be sent to China for processing into different product groups and further fiber analysis, but thanks to the initiative of the private sector this expense is not anymore required. Paper production, bamboo curtains, incense sticks, bamboo flooring…. The further development of the bamboo sector is much clearer now, - laminated flooring samples made in Ethiopia are now available for about $40 USD /m2. Further smoothening of the production flow will bring the production cost down, but far more impact would have the reduction of transportation costs, which are 50 % of the raw materials cost ...

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b. Legal Environment Assessment and Policy and Strategy Suggestions

.. Our increasing awareness on the role of bamboo in economic growth and development is the driving force for this study. Accordingly the findings of this study will first present aspects of the resource potential and status before taking up the legal environment and incentive structures ...

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c. Bamboo Market study in Ethiopia

... Marketing of the bamboo products is very traditional and at low level of development. Marketing activities are taking place by different entities including the ETTE shops, FEMSEAD and other small private enterprises in Addis Ababa, Bahir Dar, Awassa and the rural bamboo producing areas. The market system is not broad based and integrated over geographic locations, sales points and customers, etc. In the regions, the local community members produce bamboo handicrafts and sell the products either by themselves or sell to local traders who take the products to the next nearby markets. The local products are largely traditional and consumed by the communities themselves for their regular agricultural and home activities. Few products are taken to distant markets. For instance bamboo mats are taken to coffee growing regions (for coffee drying) ...

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d. Bamboo Marketing for the Eastern Africa Bamboo Project  Kenya and Ethiopia

The sales and trade practices of bamboo and bamboo products in both countries follow the informal patterns of its production. Neither the producers, nor the intermediate traders, manufacturers nor retailers are organised in any kind of union or board. As a result, the transaction costs occurring in the sector are high and result in comparatively high end prices. On the other hand, it needs to be said that the value chains are short and vertically well integrated, thus making it easy to identify (and to address!) the key stakeholders ...

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e. Bamboo Policies and Strategies

The aim of this study is to review existing policies on bamboo in Kenya and Ethiopia and make recommendations for improvements and other changes that would enhance the delivery of multiple benefits from bamboobased development.

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