An Overview of Bamboo, Its Different Eco-Friendly Products & Business Opportunities

India has been surpassed by many countries in value addition of bamboo products despite its rich resource base. The Government has taken mission-based initiatives in the past, leading to mixed results. A lot of work has been done by various institutions and entrepreneurs who have both succeeded and failed at scale. This book has been written as one document covering all the processes involved starting from cultivation, tissue culture, harvesting, usages, business opportunities, preservation, etc. related to bamboo India under the EU Switch Asia project: “To promote bamboo MSME clusters for sustainable
development”.