Contributions and Constraints of Bamboo Forest: the Case of Goba Woreda in Bale Zone, Ethiopia
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Bamboo is one of the more important natural resources in Ethiopia and contributes to the bio economy as a potential source for high-value products. While the country is the largest producer of bamboo in Africa, the existing utilization of the bamboo sector in Ethiopia remains under-developed, with little value addition. The purpose of this study was to assess contributions and constraints of production, harvesting and marketing of bamboo trees in Goba Woreda; Bale Zone. Probability and none probability sampling were used in primary data collection using questionnaires, focus group discussion and interview schedules. A total of 12 key informants were interviewed and 289 questionnaires were administered to households and questions were discussed by focus group. Secondary data were collected from scientific journals, books, periodicals, and research reports, published and unpublished thesis. Quantitative data were analyzed using inferential and descriptive statistics such as correlation, regression frequent and percentages. Qualitative data were organized and categorized into thematic areas of the study objectives. The results were presented in form of text and table. The study revealed that bamboo has the potential to replace wood in many aspects but bamboo remained a fairly untapped resource and compared to most similar products it had no formal marketing structure. It also showed that the bamboo value chain was affected by ecological, economic and cultural, legal, technological and economic factors. Moreover, status of bamboo trees were very low in study area when com pare to the past., again bamboo affected by different factors and also, economic and physical contribution of bamboo is good as well as constraints of bamboo harvesting and marketing in study areas are low quality of soil fertility, low species of bamboo trees, communities attitude toward bamboo trees and meager income. Finally, To utilize the existing contribution of bamboo sub-sector of Ethiopia, all stakeholders of like agricultural sector and natural resource management offices those sectors should be linked to gain Coordination among the bamboo users which will improve marketing and harvesting of bamboo trees..Non-governmental organization should educate consumer to encourage use of bamboo in order to maximize profit from bamboo trees. Government should improve the work condition of workers of bamboo trees by providing financial and technical support to them.2
DOI: 10.20372/nadre:10032
Author: AMAN MUJAHID
Institution: Madda Walabu University
Language: English
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6925907146
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