The bamboo must be an agricultural resource Bogotá_ That is what ratifies Ximena Londoño, president of the Colombian Bamboo Society, who said that the bamboo is now in a kind of limbo. The bamboo must clarify their status. For some things it is in the Ministry of Agriculture, and others in the Environment. For me, Im in limbo because it is not water or fish, and what you see is that there is suffering, he said. This will explain the 51,000 acres that are grown in Colombias estimated in this resource, of which over 5,000 are not planted -the others are naturales- because they are easily exploited by the procedures that are required, which raises costs cutting or harvesting. It is forbidden to cut it because there is a law considered in danger of extinction and the industrialized furniture and craft work or have never been able to buy the owner of a guadual but the intermediary, because who wants to cultivate and exploit goes wild doing paperwork he added. Londoño said that the Colombian bamboo (Angustifolia Kunth) is a grass, such as cane or rice, characterized by being a self-reproducing bamboo, while the trees no. Bamboos are sustainable and it is a great advantage on the issue of climate change, he added. But the performance of the sector and the companies that have tried to industrialize and make her furniture and handicrafts, in essence giving value and diverse uses, is as variable as the same resource status in Colombia. We work in furniture, handicrafts and some have tried to industrialize, but many have closed their doors because it is difficult to compete on price, highlights Londoño. However, others emerge or be sustained. At Thebes (Quindio) is Induguadua several years, specializing in industrial process the bamboo. It has several products on the market as structural beams and panels and develops design and architecture for houses and kiosks, among others. It also makes and exports of processed bamboo bamboo is imported from China. In Pereira is another entrepreneur who is making more efforts and timely export products to Germany, and Chinchiná is mounting a plant to manufacture mat boards. In front of it is Marcelo Villegas, a senior on the subject of bamboo and who for years has worked this resource in the coffee. We are finalizing the assembly and we started to produce the first prototypes. What we produce are laminated boards mat bamboo to compete with plywood or MDF, ie clusters, but with more advantage of all the benefits of this resource, which are many, said Sandra Obando, Administrator of the company. The aim of the factory Villegas, who is one of the very few in the country for industrial purposes, is to export the boards, and it already has contacts in the US and Panama. However, it also seeks to serve the domestic market. For now, it is in need of 300 hectares of gaudua as available supply, and currently is working with the Committee of Coffee Growers of Caldas, which is the provider, through Organic Coffee Foundation. You have to give strength to all those business projects, hopefully will be successful to industrialize the bamboo because it is a chance to make the resources of forgetting and show their true potential in Colombia which unfortunately has not been concluded Londoño. Advantages of material in the country When speaking of bamboo a bamboo reference is made. Of these there are certified by taxonomists 1,200 species worldwide, of which about 35 are bamboo. Bamboos are native to Asia, Africa and Oceania, but the bamboo type only found in America, and of this, the species Angustifolia Kunth, is Colombian. The bamboo has strong natural fibers that allow the development of flats and agglomerates, and used in construction. But even if the resources used since the days of the colony, only until 2010, under the NSR-10 Chapter G12, the bamboo standard construction can be used as a structural element for buildings of one or two floors. Ximena Londoño Colombian Bamboo Society The bamboo must be made clear their status. For some things it is in the Ministry of Agriculture and others in the Environment. For me it is in a limbo. Marcelo Villegas Entrepreneur of bamboo It is setting up a plant rolled bamboo mat boards in order to export and also serve the domestic market. larepublica.co/agronegocios/la-guadua-debe-ser-un-recurso-agr%C3%ADcola_12135
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