Bamboo

Giant bamboo, identified as one of the ten commercially important bamboo species in the Philippines, is a large, dense-clumping species native to Southeast Asia. It grows up to 20 meters tall and 12 centimeters in diameter and is valued for its culms used in construction and shoots used as vegetables. In Bukidnon, it’s utilized for …

S&T Community-based Nursery, Plantation Establishment and Management of Giant Bamboo (Dendrocalamus asper, Schult Backer) in Dalwangan, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon – ERDB-FWRDEC Read More »

Bamboo provides many ecosystem goods and services, including food, fiber and construction materials. In most developing countries in tropical Asia, data on bamboo resources such as species composition, clump density (clump/ha) and culm density (culm per ha) are, most of the time, not available, including the map of their current extent and the suitability maps …

Enhancing the Adoption and Transfer of the Phenology-based Bamboo Mapping Technology and GIS-based Mapping of Potential Areas Suitable for Commercial Bamboo in Selected Areas of the Philippines – ERDB Read More »

The Bamboost® is a mobile marketplace designed to connect small bamboo farmers and enterprises with a wider audience, it leverages technology to bridge the gap between producers and potential buyers.It is also a platform for promoting sustainability. By featuring eco-friendly, science and technology (S&T)-based bamboo products, the app encourages consumers to choose sustainable options. This, …

Bamboost Projects: Mainstreaming of Bamboost App as an Online Marketing Platform of Bamboo Farmers in Select Science & Technology Community-Based Farms (STCBF) and Empowering S&T-Based Bamboo Enterprises Through Bamboost® Ecosystem Across Select Regions in the Philippines – Phase 2 -USTP-CDO/TTPD-PCAARRD Read More »

The project was an upscale application of S&T interventions on a bamboo pole and mat production in Maasin, Iloilo, found to be profitable in the regular STBF implemented in the said municipality to support the raw materials needs of the Technomart Project on bamboo woven material production. The STCBF project on bamboo production has four …

Enhancing Bamboo Production in Maasin, Iloilo: A S&T Community-based Farms (STCBF) Approach Read More »

The community-based project on the bamboo nursery and plantation for pole production employs an innovative or precision farming approach with five major components: 1) organization and capability building of farmer clusters; 2) rehabilitation of bamboo clumps of Kawayan tinik (Bambusa blumeana), Bontong (Gigantochloa levis) and Giant Bamboo (Dendrocalamus asper); 3) bamboo nursery establishment; 4) bamboo …

S&T Community-based Bamboo Nursery and Plantation for Pole Production in Iligan City Read More »

The S&T Community-based Nursery and Plantations as a techno-transfer modality will assist the bamboo nursery growers, and plantation farmers build a unified and robust alliance towards supporting the bamboo industry. With the availability of information, technologies, and existing healthy bamboo stands, improved productivity and profitability ensuring a stable supply of raw materials for the bamboo-based …

S&T Community-based Nursery, Plantation Establishment and Management of Giant Bamboo in Dalwangan, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon Read More »