Africa: Creating an African Bamboo Industry As Large As China's

[IPS] Accra -The bamboo industry in China currently comprises up to 10 million people who make a living out of production of the grass. But while the Asian nation has significant resources of bamboo -- three million hectares of plantation and three million hectares of natural forests -- the continent of Africa is recorded to have an estimated three and a half million hectares of plantations, excluding conservation areas.

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