Never underestimate the versatility of bamboo and what governments are achieving by cultivating this miracle plant. India is one country that is exploring the myriad of options this versatile plant offers to those farmers, growers, manufacturers and governments willing to invest time and resources promoting bamboo. Officials see bamboo as a financial windfall as well [...]
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“King Cotton” – For generations that slogan personified the Southeastern United States reliance on cotton as the predominant cash producing crop. Well, the “King is Dead; Long Live the King” – Bamboo. Actually, before the coronation, a few things need to be put into place to ensure bamboo’s ascendancy to cotton’s throne. Rest assured, King [...]
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Bamboos are not trees, but are a group of woody perennial evergreen plants in the true grass family called Poaceae. They are members of the subfamily Bambusoideae and tribe Bambuseae. Bamboos are considered the fastest growing woody plants in the world due to a unique rhizome-dependent system that is highly dependent on local soil and [...]
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