The Economic Value and Business Management of Bamboo

Abstract

Bamboo is a wooden grass belonging to the Bambusoideae family of the Poaceae (Gramineae) family. This ancient wood grass is found in many tropical, subtropical and temperate zones in the world. These are very diverse plants, which have diverse needs with extreme environmental and soil conditions. There are about 90 genera and around 1200 species of bamboo found throughout the world besides Europe and Antarctica (Hossain et al., 2015). Most of the bamboo is found in the forest and is also widely distributed in the outer forest, on agricultural land, river banks, roadsides, and rural areas. Bamboo is a long stick as a non-wood forest product and is sometimes used as wood. Bamboo prices are quite cheap and availability is chosen to be the right choice to meet human needs (Trojan and Xu, 2014). Bamboo is a catchable plant and some species die, so some species can be adapted to habitats that are far different from optimal conditions (Ha, 2010). Bamboo is becoming popular as wood for the paper, domestic, home, board and charcoal industries (Trojan and Xu, 2014). The people of Asia, Africa, and South America depend on the construction of houses and agriculture and in the countries of Southeast and East Asia bamboo is managed as a vegetable gave bamboo shoots. As a major non-timber forest product and substitute for wood, bamboo is increasingly in demand by ecologists because of its fast and high growth to mitigate climate change. If managed properly, bamboo plantations can conserve soil and air, and increase soil fertility and local conservation as well (Trojan and Xu, 2014). ...