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SUMMARY:International Training Workshop on Bamboo Propagation (Sympodial)\, Management and Harvesting\: Methods\, Policy Issues and Strategies
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DESCRIPTION:The International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) an
 d the *Centre for Indian Bamboo Resource & Technology (CIBART) are joi
 ntly organizing an International Training Workshop on Bamboo Propagati
 on\, Management and Harvesting\: Methods\, Policy Issues and Strategie
 s in India\, 27th February to 5 March 2006. The event will be held at 
 the Kerala Forest Research Institute\, Peechi\, Thrissur\, Kerala Stat
 e.\n\nBamboo and rattan (cane) play a significant role in creation of 
 employment and income generation activities in an ecologically sustain
 able manner. Worldwide trade in these two commodities is currently est
 imated at US$14 billion per year. Several millions of people in many p
 arts of Asia\, Africa\, Latin America and the Caribbean depend on thes
 e plants for their livelihood and cash income. Changing socio-economic
  needs and development options have necessitated interventions that wo
 uld reposition these traditional sectors so as to maximize benefits to
  the primary producers and processors\, who are mostly poor farmers an
 d artisans.\n\nTraining and capacity building are two of the tools tha
 t INBAR has been using to equip the people involved in bamboo and ratt
 an sectors with the knowledge and skill sets needed to address the cha
 llenges posed by the 21st Century economy. INBAR has been organizing s
 uch training and capacity building workshops successfully in China\, w
 here INBAR has its headquarters\, for some time now\, and has started 
 replicating them in other parts of the world.\n\nThe INBAR-CIBART trai
 ning program being held at KFRI would focus on propagation and managem
 ent of the sympodial type of bamboo - the type that forms clumps and g
 rows as a cluster in one spot. A good majority of useful bamboos are s
 ympodial and woody\, and are used in industries\, and by the communiti
 es and artisans for making a wide range of bamboo products. Their prop
 agation\, management and harvesting are different from those of monopo
 dial bamboos. India has about 130 species out of which over 100 are of
  sympodial bamboos belonging to 18 genera.\n\nThe workshop aims to imp
 art knowledge and skill sets to people involved in bamboo and rattan s
 ectors\, in the fields of production\, processing\, management\, marke
 ting and policy-making. In view of the need to maximizing resource use
 \, the workshop will emphasize the training of trainers\, besides focu
 sing of awareness creation for optimizing income and employment genera
 tion opportunities. The training programme will involve class-room and
  hands-on sessions\, supported by on-field activities and field visits
  wherever possible.
LOCATION:Kerala Forest Research Institute\, India
CATEGORIES:Convention
CONTACT:+86-10-6470 6161\, info@inbar.int
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