+44 330 818 7254Durairaj Dhanapal*, Sitawala Mundia and Stanley Hanseele
The plant known as bamboo to the entire world has been around and used for centuries. Records dating back more than seven thousand years talk about products made of bamboo such as arrows, paper, building materials, and books. Because of its origins, the current way it is used and the economic sustainability of the plant, bamboo is an excellent resource. While bamboo grows everywhere in the world except those places with extremely cold climates, it is thought to have originated in China, where the first use of bamboo to make every day items was recorded. This tall, hearty grass (yep, bamboo is technically grass) was used for as many products as they could manage, as it was a quickly renewable resource. The species of bamboo that we know today evolved from prehistoric grasses between thirty and forty million years ago, long after the extinction of the dinosaurs. It then became the major food source for herbivorous animals, eventually becoming a food source for the modern human being as well. In 2015, in Zambia Albida agriculture introduced a bamboo out grower scheme in Chongwe district supported by Musika. The scheme was meant to assist in reforestation of land devastated by the indiscriminate cutting down of trees for charcoal production which is driven by the high demand from urban areas. Albida agriculture encouraged farmers to have an alternative source of income by planting soya beans in between the 10 meter spaces between the bamboo trees, and provided the seed on loan. The bamboo out grower scheme has inspired me and many other farmers to join because there is a ready market provided by Albida for the bamboo trees are fully grown in Zambia. Based on the source this research content will upgrade the design development of Charpai bamboo wooden rope bed from Zambian bamboo woods.
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