Ccpur, Sep 21 : The two-day seminar on “Commercial cultivation of bamboo” under the National Bamboo Mission organised by the forest development agency, Churachandpur started today from 9.30 am at the KKL complex.
The programme was inaugurated by Rupachandra, additional DC Churachandpur as chief guest and two resource persons, namely KS Tawmbing, MSF, DFC and PV Guite, MFS, ACF who imparted knowledge on management of bamboo as well as potentials and prospects of bamboo.
A large number of farmers from various places also attended the seminar. PV Guite while giving a lecture on bamboo plantation and its importance for places where we live, said that bamboo can be utilized for house construction and many other purposes and by taking ideas from people who have the know how it can be very helpful to raise the level of our living standard.
Management of the bamboos at various stages of its growth is very important, he said adding we are endowed with so many useful natural gifts and if we know how to utilise them we would be the luckiest.
KS Tawmbing highlighted the seven types of bamboo and their various stages of growth in which they need care and support.
He said bamboo can be planted for its shoots only and for the bamboo trunk itself.
They mature at three to four years and by then they have to be cut down. He also said during winter their roots should be exposed to the air and then cover it again so that they will produce more roots. The seminar will continue till tomorrow.
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