A prospectus released by Mindanao’s first bamboo processing facility said farmers could earn as much P200,000 per hectare net of expenses by planting the Giant Bamboo.
Bukidnon Giant Bamboo Resourced Corp. President Rod Bioco, who set up a bamboo processing facility in Malaybalay, said what makes bamboo a versatile crop is its regenerative charactistic where several.shoots grow to replace a harvested pole.
The end products are: treated and dried bamboo slats (intermediate raw material), laminated bamboo lumber/beams and boards, and finished products (doors, jambs, mouldings and furnitures).
Most of these materials are now manufactured in China and imported by construction supply companies.
Here are the details of the Bamboo Farming prospectus released by BGB Resources:
– Plantation: Giant bamboo (dendrocalamus asper) 100-150clumps/ha, Php50,000/ha development cost up to 3 years of rearing. Initial harvest can be started after 5-6years, but commercial harvest starting 7th year (100mt/ha). Poles should be 3-5years old.
– Farming revenue: owner gets net Php90-120/pole. Yield 120-150poles/ha/year (70-110kg/pole) or around 120-150mt/ha/year. Some farms are getting 1500-2000 poles/ha/year (15-20poles/clump). Farmer can make profit Php200,000/year, year after year with minimal maintenance cost (no replanting, fertilizer, etc). Harvesting crew get P50-80/pole depending on terrainy, generating income of >P8,000/16mt truckload per 4-5days per crew of 6-7pax.
– Supply: ideally within 30km radius to control trucking cost <P50/pole or P0.50/kg. Plant capacity to do 60,000mt/year (2shifts) or 600,000poles/year, which can be supplied from just 600hectares of giant bamboo.
– Buying price: P2.50/kg delivered/unloaded basis.
– Production capacity (when finished): 200mt/day or 2,000 of fresh poles (3-5 years old at 40%mc) yielding 24,000 boardfeet/day. Investment Php150M.
– Cost: Php55/BF, dried, treated slats, which we export at Php65/BF, or we laminate costing another P20/BF, and sell as engineered bamboo lumber or beams for P100/bf and panel boards for P120/bf (ex-plant Bukidnon)… If we process further into mouldings, floor panels, doors or jambs we can sell P180-250/bf, while furnitures can fetch P300-500/bf.
– Products: treated and dried bamboo slats (intermediate raw material), laminated bamboo lumber/beams and boards, and finished products (doors, jambs, mouldings and furnitures).
“We hope to sell more locally. Every board foot of engineered bamboo is a BF of tree not being cut,” said Rod Bioco.
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(Photos provided by BGB Resources.)
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