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Bamboo forest in Ethiopia: roles, constraints and management strategies: review article

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Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Bonga University, P. O. Box 334, Bonga, Ethiopia
  • 2Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Gondar, P. O. Box 196, Gondar, Ethiopia

Res. J. Agriculture & Forestry Sci., Volume 11, Issue (1), Pages 49-60, March,8 (2023)

Abstract

The roles of the bamboo forest are very wide and it provides goods and services for mankind. In regions where bamboo takes place naturally and as a cultivated area as well shows a very significant role on a social, economic, and ecological basis, but the role of bamboo forest as an integral part of Ethiopia's economy has not been well-known. Thus, the central goal of the above-mentioned article was to review the sudden starring role, constraints, and management strategies of the bamboo forest in Ethiopia. Bamboo is a vital plant with substantial commercial, and environmental welfare, for instance, helpful to livelihoods, biodiversity preservation, and mitigating environmental problems. Also, bamboo has multipurpose such as bamboo shoots do not doubt nourishment from the plant source, and it uses for ecosystem services like purification, soil stabilization, and erosion prevention on hill slopes. Besides, bamboo plays a vital role in the socio-cultural and aesthetic values for furniture and musical instrument and decorative purposes for cultural houses. However, the major constraints of the bamboo resource are a lack of awareness of multiple usages followed by a lack of onsite conservation interventions and road infrastructures, inadequate technologies, and the absence of national and international market linkage and information in Ethiopia. Therefore, governmental and non-governmental organizations should promote bamboo resource cultivations and awareness creation for stakeholders to boost the sustainable management of bamboo with forests as a renewable resource in Ethiopia.

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