New Economic And Environmental Opportunities!

An international conference began in Yaounde to specifically address the use of bamboos and rotan in the fabrication not only of furniture, but also of several handy goods that make life very easy for many.

A recent study indicates that the bamboo economy can generate billions of CFA francs. Moreover, the presence of the Director General of the International Network for for Bamboo and Rattan, Hans Friederich in Cameroon for this meeting cannot be an innocent event! In fact, it is said that as much as some 1600 products can be obtained from bamboos or rattan alone and the world trade on this neglected raw material can fetch as much as  60 Billion US Dollars, a sum sum almost unpronounciable in CFA; but which is, by far, higher than all what what the banana trade fetches across he world.

Very often, Cameroonians express reservations about such discoveries and often hesitate to take advantage of the numerous advantages such discoveries can bring into the economy by way of jobs  and the opening of new avenues for the creation of riches. Our local artisans are yet to be fully informed of all of these new possibilities and one expects that sooner, rather than later, the artisans we see at the Mvog-Mbi  neighbourhood in Yaounde and in the Mboppi area of Douala should be able to take full advantage of th new possibilities offered so as to improve their lot and get into the international marketing system so as to obtain the best benefits. We are on the good foot. Since 2010 some 200 Cameroonians have been trained within the framework of a special programme with the Peoples Republic of China with the view of taking possession of all that is needed to improve on quality and quantity.

Many Cameroonians are therefore aware of all the positive effects of promoting the use of bamb...