Eager foreign investment is making Ethiopia a frontier for the bamboo industrial revolution in Africa
By Ed McKenna IPS, part of the Guardian Environment Network
theguardian.com, Wednesday 10 April 2013 17.56 BST
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Ethiopia is a frontier for the bamboo industrial revolution in Africa, according to this country’s government.Photograph: B.S.P.I./Corbis
A combination of an abundance of bamboo and eager foreign investment is making Ethiopia a frontier for the bamboo industrial revolution in Africa, according to this country's government.
"Ethiopia has the resources, the investment, a rapidly-developing manufacturing industry and a strong demand for our bamboo products from foreign markets. We have what we need. The expansion of Africa's bamboo sector has begun," Ethiopia's State Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development Mitiku Kassa told IPS.
By Ed McKenna IPS, part of the Guardian Environment Network
theguardian.com, Wednesday 10 April 2013 17.56 BST
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Ethiopia is a frontier for the bamboo industrial revolution in Africa, according to this country’s government.Photograph: B.S.P.I./Corbis
A combination of an abundance of bamboo and eager foreign investment is making Ethiopia a frontier for the bamboo industrial revolution in Africa, according to this country's government.
"Ethiopia has the resources, the investment, a rapidly-developing manufacturing industry and a strong demand for our bamboo products from foreign markets. We have what we need. The expansion of Africa's bamboo sector has begun," Ethiopia's State Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development Mitiku Kassa told IPS.
