Industry Strategic Science and Technology Plans (ISPs) Platform

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

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 plantation establishment; and 5) harvesting and post-harvest treatment.