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The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has identified the Municipality of Maasin in Iloilo as techno-demo area for bamboo processing as one way to boost the bamboo industry and to be able to cope with the increasing demand for the product.

This was disclosed by DENR Undersecretary Edgardo C. Manda during the opening of the Bamboo Market Week held Monday afternoon at the activity center of the SM City here.

Manda said the DENR will provide the necessary training to farmers within the existing bamboo farms in Maasin starting January next year.

Manda said together with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Rotary Club and the Office of Board Member Mariano Malones, who was once the mayor of Maasin, they will extend fund support for the training.

“What is important here is information and education. This will increase their productivity and increase their income,” he said.

Manda said with various high end products that can be produced out of bamboos, the farmers can increase their earning from P20,000 to P100,000 annually for every hectare. source: PNA

i'm just wondering what the DTI or the provincial government of bohol has been doing with regards to bamboo production. for the past several decades bohol has been producing bamboo-based native products and selling these to local and foreign markets. given the amount of bamboo that has been used since then, and the increasing volume of bamboo-based native products that bohol has produced over the years, i am wondering if appropriate government agencies are initiating activities to plant more bamboos or even other indigenous materials that are used in the production of other native products such as sig-id, romblon, nito, etc. dapat naay programa for replanting.