What is Bamboo?

Viable Business Options

Using Bamboo Any of a large number of erect
or climbing woody grasses
with hollow, jointed, rounded
and often springy stems
Celso B. Lantican
President
Bamboo Network of the Philippines

1262 National Highway, Timugan

Los Baos, Laguna
(049) 501-1852
cblantican@gmail.com
Clumping Non-clumping
http://www.bamboophil.org

Remarkable Attributes Desirable Features of the Culm

z Fast growing z Can be cut and worked into

z Great for erosion control and CO2 sequestration various shapes
z Extraordinary hardiness typhoons, atomic bomb, z Can be joined with nails,
earthquake, fire, pest and diseases
z More than 1500 known uses screws, bolts, connectors, tying
z Substitute for wood materials and adhesives
z High buoyancy z Can be used in many forms (1)
z Needs no replanting round, (2) splits, (3) sliced, (4)
z Adaptable to many sites flattened, (5) particles, and (6)
z Improves yield of watersheds fibers
z Potential source of renewable energy z Pleasing appearance
z Produces more oxygen
z Treatable with chemicals

Philippine Bamboo Statistics Good News!!!

Species 53 erect; 17 climbing EXECUTIVE ORDER 879
Philippine Bamboo Industry Development Council
Hectarage 38K; 20 natural, 18 planted
z Reforestation of at least 500 thousand
Annual demand 60 M poles
hectares from 2010 to 2020.
z DENR to use bamboo for at least 20% of
Annual supply 40 M poles Engineered bamboo: 2 its annual reforestation
z 20% of annual desk requirements of
Main industries furniture & handicrafts; construction DepEd shall be made of bamboo
and fishpens; packaging; propping

Industry very small due to limited raw material supply!!! DTI-BambooPhil-DENR

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 Involvement of LGUs Industry Strengthening
Promotion of bamboo as planting material
Training Additional Good
News!!!
Flood and landslide
prone areas Techno-transfer
Landbank to
extend loans
Access to raw material supply for bamboo
development
Marginal/unproductive Bamboo expos projects!
lands Along vital waterways

Marketing assistance

Variations in Internode Features

Variability in Size
Kawayan tinik Bayog Buho

Largest: D = 10

Smallest

78.2% 97.6% 46.0%

Why Invest in Bamboo? Money Making Alternatives

z Great global demand; international market value
now 10 B US dollars CATEGORIES
z Thousands of products
z Nursery production
z Low capital investment for many products
z Profitable z Mass propagation tissue culture
z Fast growing; renewable; environment friendly z Bamboo farming/plantation
z Technologies available z Primary processing
z Large tracts of land available for pole production z Production of finished products

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 Nursery Production Tissue Culture
Potential Markets
z Private plantation TOTAL PROPAGULE REQUIREMENT
developers
500,000 HAS x 200/HA = 100 M PROPAGULES
z LGU projects
z Homeowners &
landscapers

Type PC SP
Construction 40.00 > 60.00
Ornamental 80.00 > 200.00

Bamboo Farming/Plantation Examples of Ornamental Bamboos

Potential Markets

z Construction, furniture &

handicraft sectors
z Fish pen operators
z Fruit & vegetable sector
z Charcoal producers
z Power providers

Cost/ha 30K
Benefit cost ratio (15%) 1.63

Commercial Species - Structural The Big Four

K. tinik Bolo
Iron bamboo

Bayog Kayali Oldham bamboo

Buho Laak Solid bamboo

Giant bamboo Anos Ma-chiku

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 The Big Four Beema Bamboo

Claimed to be a hybrid
Botanical name not revealed
Growmore Bio-Tech, Ltd., India
Biomass yield exceedingly high
Planting density: 4 x 10 =
2470/ha Beema
Irrigated and heavily
fertilized

Comments on Beema Primary Products

FROM THE INTERNET

z Toogood to be true! 2 MW
z Beware, it could be a scam! Power Plant
In Romblon

FROM YOUR SPEAKER

Potential Markets
Construction industry
Why hide Definitely not Conduct field Furniture industry
identity? a hybrid!!! trials first!!! Handicraft industry
Others

Carved Articles Furniture

Weaknesses
Raw materials
Originality
Design
Machinery
Craftsmanship
Finishing

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 Handicrafts Fences

Gazebos Charcoal
Lump or raw
Briquette
Cooking & Heating Activated

Air/water purification
z Hotels, restaurants,
residences
Detoxification z Supermarkets,
warehouses
z Hospitals, drug
Medicine companies
z Vehicle owners

Power Generation Bamboo Pellets

Biomass

Cooking Heating

Electricity

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 Miscellaneous Before You Invest

Feasibility study
Market
Business plan Raw materials
Competition
Technologies
Machineries
Skilled workers
Financing

How May BambooPhil Help?

Training

Feasibility study

Business plan prep

Technical services
Celso B. Lantican