The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) will convene bamboo stakeholders in a virtual conference second week of January to organize the Mindanao Bamboo Industry Development Council.
The task of convening the virtual conference has been assigned to the Northern Mindanao Area Management Office (NM-AMO) of MinDA which covers the Province of Bukidnon, base of the first bamboo industrial processing facility in Mindanao, the Bukidnon Giant Bamboo Resources, Corp.
BGB processes Giant bamboo (dendrocalamus asper) to produce treated and dried bamboo slats (intermediate raw material), laminated bamboo lumber/beams and boards, and finished products (doors, jambs, mouldings and furnitures).
BGB President Rod Bioco said the corporation is targeting 100,000 hectares to be planted to the Giant Bamboo to satisfy the requirements of the processing facility.
The Giant Bamboo Farming Program which is now tied to a processing facility is one of the components of the Green Mindanao Project initiated by MinDA.
The Green Mindanao Project aims to protect and rehabilitate the watersheds and headwaters of Mindanao for sustainable food production program
The GMP, however, is focusing on environmental protection programs with economic benefits to the stakeholders encouraging tree farming, especially Agarwood, fruit tree farming and now Bamboo Farming.
The organization of the Mindanao Bamboo Industry Development Council aims to organize all stakeholders to craft a region-wide program.
Areas to be planted, participating farmers and financing are among the topics lined up for discussion during the Bamboo Council organizational meeting.
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(Photos were provided by BGB President Rod Bioco)
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