The Process
PROPAGATION & PLANTATION
Bamboo can be planted as a natural greenhouse and produce a micro climate. Its leaves improve soil composition, its roots control erosion and regulate water levels; its branches form a shade canopy that reduce temperature levels. Bamboo as a natural greenhouse has the potential to drastically increase agricultural yields and quality of crops and at the same time make them more climate resilient.
Sustainable bamboo growth depends on farmers being profitable, market resilient and climate SMART.
Because of the particular harvesting method of bamboo, the positive elements of the bamboo greenhouse remain while bamboo poles can be harvested for additional revenue.
HOW WE ARE RE-IMAGINING
Carbon Credits
Carbon credits used to fund the setup of plantations and the transition from traditional agriculture to bamboo agroforestry.
- 10 times the average sequestration rate than wood in the first 5 years
Income of farmers will increase 3x while farmers become climate SMART and market resilient.
Stabilize riverbeds and mountain slopes, regenerate degraded lands & contribute to conservation efforts.
MEET OUR EXPERT
Sjaak de Bloois (agronomist/innovator): Sjaak works as Head of Farm Management & Agronomy for UGACOF in East Africa and is part of the SUCAFINA global innovation team. His expertise forms the basis for our bamboo propagation, plantation and agroforestry models.
INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING & VALUE ADDITION
As the fastest growing crop on land, with fibers 3x as strong as steel, bamboo is fast becoming the key material to drive the transition to a more green economy.
Treatment facilities
Guaranteed bamboo to last 50 years.
Renewable energies
Provide an alternative for traditional biofuels and decreases deforestation.
Industrial Processing
Turns bamboo into sticks and strips that form the basis for a wide range of bamboo products.
Local Value Addition
Generates livelihoods, combined with training on sustainable harvesting it prevents the further degradation of natural bamboo reserves.
Industrial Processing
Producing strips and sticks to develop modern carbon neutral bamboo products.
Use offcuts to produce renewable energies to avoid deforestation.
Local Value Addition
Value addition to reduce poverty and build respect for bamboo
Training on sustainable harvesting to protect the natural reserve
