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INBAR BAMBOO & RATTAN
LIVELIHOOD DEVELOPMENT IN GHANA
by
Michael KwakuRegional Coordinator
INBAR West-Africa
Contact: mkwaku@inbar.int | www.inbar.int
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
LOCAL AND GLOBAL STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN GHANA
8th September, 2011
INBAR Head Office in Beijing
35 member countries5 Regional offices
1997 1999 2011
INBAR-Ghana
Kumasi Office
INBAR
Global/Int’al Inter-Governmental organization (Non-
Profit)
Small & flexible
Based in a centre of knowledge
poverty reduction + environment = sustainable progress
Premiere source of expertise in bamboo and rattan
INBAR-GOAL
Develop and assists in the transfer of appropriate BAMBOO and RATTAN
technologies and solutions to benefit peoples of the world and their
environment
THE FOREST SITUATION IN GHANA
20% of original tropical forest area now left of it original size
Annual rate of deforestation is 750 hectares since 1981
Degraded area over 300,000 hectares
Sustainable timber production (Allowable cut) only 1million m3/yr.
Requirement of timber industry 4 million m3/yr.
Increase unemployment
A TIME BOMB!!!
The Deforestation Impact
Affecting the livelihoods of local people
disrupting important environmental functions and
severely disturbing the biological integrity of the original forest ecosystem .
There is a now a serious concern in GHANA about climatic change, soil erosion and large-scale desertification.
Can BAMBOO be use to;
supplement/replace dwindling timber resources in
Ghana?
create employment and reduce poverty?
Solve some of the environmental challenges?
QUESTIONS
BAMBOO FACTS
Rapid re-greening: a response to the problem of deforestation
Bamboo plantations: short term cash flows compared with other timber species
Very fast growing: timber substitute due to wood shortages / increasing timber prices
Bamboo for the environment: (erosion control, soil stabilization along river banks and slopes
Bamboo Industries and High Value Added Products :There is a growing market for bamboo products – US$7Billions
Bamboo occurs throughout Ghana
High density in the Western, Ashanti, and
Central Regions.
The segment extending from Abora Dunkwa
(west of Accra) northwest towards Assin
Foso and onto Kumasi in the Ashanti Region
marks one side of Ghana’s Bamboo curtain.
The segment extending southward from
Kumasi to Takoradi marks the other side.
This is also the area being exploited for the
local market in Accra and for the housing
industry in the Ashanti Region.
GHANA BAMBOO VEGETATION
BAMBOO
Natural Stand-Tandan Plantation-Daboase
OVERVIEWINBAR BAMBOO INITIATIVES -Ghana
Housing-Kumasi
Economic Livelihood and poverty alleviation (Action Research Site-ARS)-
Kumasi
Natural resource conservation-Daboase (Western Region)
Technical expertise for growing bamboo and rattan, processing,
manufacturing, marketing and policy development
Bamboo Biomass Energy Project (Charcoal and firewood)
Academic research and capacity building (Department of Architecture,
Integrated Rural Art Industry, Renewable Natural resources Institute-
KNUST) and Kumasi Polytechnics etc
Bamboo School and Housing Workshop
Kumasi - Ghana
2003
5 days workshop on bamboo housing – 30 participants
from different institutions
Construction of a 3 unit primary school block)
Partners: TRADA -UK, British High Commission-
Accra and BRRI – Kumasi
PRESERVATION OF BAMBOO & FOUNDATION
STRUCTURAL FRAME
Prefabricated bamboo trusses & Cement plastering of bamboo wall
Bamboo school with bamboo furniture-Fumesua, Kumasi
Experiences from other projects
& Bamboo housing in Maui, HawaiiA Bahareque house in Ecuador
INDIA BAMBOO HOUSE
Modern Chinese Bamboo House
BAMBOO SCHOOL DWORBOR-CAPE COAST (S.A.B.R.E)
BAMBOO BUD HOUSE
INBAR Livelihood and Economic Development-LED
INBAR
International Network for
Bamboo & Rattan
BAMBOO FURNITURE-GHANA
BAMBOO LAMINATED SCHOOL DESK
2007
BAMBOO LAMINATED CHAIRS
2011
WOOD CHARCOAL
Increasingly, the forest reserves are also being
exploited for illegal charcoal production
Demand for charcoal is increasing with oil prices.
Previously most wood supply for charcoal
production was from off-reserve sources.
BAMBOO CHARCOAL RESEARCH
2006
BAMBOO CHARCOALEU/INBAR Bamboo biomass Energy Project
2009-2013
Constructed Bamboo charcoal brick kiln and production
LOCAL ADOPTED TECHNOLOGY
BAMBOO CHARCOAL SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION
RATTAN/CANE
Rattan plantation Rattan Nursery
RATTANmeans of livelihood
for millions of
indigenous people
Rattan Trade (ITTO1997)
• Overall Global Trade : US$4Bn
• Source: http://eng.icbr.ac.cn/Article/cooperation/workshop/200704/20070409114226.shtml http://www.fao.org/docrep/x2161e/x2161e09.htm
Major players
• Indonesia:
US $182 million exports
in 2002
• Malaysia
• Vietnam
• China
• Philippines
• Thailand
Vietnam
Philippines
China
Thailand
Indonesia
Malaysia
• Source: http://www.inbar.int/Board.asp?Boardid=101
Production to Consumption Studies-PCS
Enhancing opportunities for market-led rattan-based development
in West and Central Africa.
Establishment of a Rattan Processing Facility Center in Kumasi
Ghana for training and common access for rattan producers
OVERVIEWINBAR RATTAN INITIATIVES -Ghana
Training of community rattan processors in improved techniques
INBAR
International Network for
Bamboo & Rattan
Workshop for training in design for market-based product development
Innovation & Design
• Use of dyeing as a technique to add color
•Combination of local craftssuch as beads, pottery, Kente cloth
Ghana is the 2nd largest producer of Gold
Gold is yellow in color so is Rattan
Hence making Rattan the next Gold of Ghana
Government Role/Responsibilities
Institution Responsibilities
Ministry of Finance and Economic
Planning
• Providing financial support for the development of the
bamboo/rattan sector as a means of increasing and diversify
national revenue
Ministry of Land and Natural
Resources/BARADEP
• Initiating policy formulation and reforms for bamboo/rattan
• Propagation of high planting materials (nurseries)
• Establishment of demonstration stands
• Allocation of degraded land to individuals and corporate for
bamboo/rattan cultivation/plantation
Ministry of Trade and Industry • Promotion and development of bamboo trade
• Facilitating Technology transfer and ensuring maintenance of
quality control
• Facilitating access to credit by groups/individuals engaged in
processing bamboo /rattan and exports of bamboo products
Ministry of food and Agriculture • Promotion of bamboo/rattan as cash crops
• Promotion of bamboo shoots as vegetables
• Promotion of bamboo in Agro-forestry systems
Government Role/Responsibilities
Institution Responsibilities
Ministry of Local Government
and Rural
Development/District
Assemblies
• Promotion of bamboo/rattan as part of the District Assembly
poverty Alleviation programme for income generation employment
creation and rural industrialisation
Ministry of Tourism • Promoting bamboo/gardens (museum, artefacts etc) for eco-tourism
Ministry of Works and Housing • Promoting the use if bamboo as engineering material
Ministry of Science and
Environment
• Promotion of bamboo usage for protection of water bodies
• Promotion of bamboo usage for prevention of soil erosion,
especially in hilly areas
• Promotion of the use of to create green-belts around towns and
cities to improve the environment to provide greenhouse effect and
reduce global warming
YOU & I
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THANK YOU
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