GHANA-CHINA COOPERATE IN BAMBOO BUSINESS

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One hundred Ghanaian artisans using bamboo and rattan for commercial production of various wood products including furniture have begun a month-long skills enhancing training course at Akyawkrom in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti region in innovation and processing of bamboo and rattan into marketable and exportable products. 

They were selected from Ashanti, Eastern, Central and Eastern regions to be trained by experts in the industry from China to build the trainees capacity to become Master Artisans in the bamboo and rattan industry in Ghana. 

A Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Owusu Bioh, noted that bamboo and rattan, which are in abundance in Ghana, constitute the two largest non-timber forest products have been identified to be the suitable complement to timber usage in the building and construction. According to the Deputy Minister, bamboo is a unique material with a range of socio-economic and environmental benefits. 

Mr. Bio said government therefore is doing everything possible to protect and promote its utilization. He said bamboo in particular has the potential to address the challenges of deforestation and the dwindling volumes of timber saying that the specie has shorter maturity period, environmentally friendly and sustainable. Mr. Bioh stressed that government is developing the Ayi Mensah Bamboo Training Centre in the Greater Accra region to help in the promotion and development of bamboo and bamboo products. He thanked the Chinese government for funding the Overseas training course on Bamboo and Rattan project development technology for Ghanaian artisans and providing new training equipment to the Forestry Commission’s Training Centre at Akyawkrom. 

The Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Shi Ting Wang disclosed the Chinese government sponsored one thousand 111 government officials and experts from 82 countries including Ghana in 2016 in innovation and procession technology of bamboo and rattan wood species. He pledged the support of his country’s support for the bamboo and rattan industry in Ghana to take advantage of the highly competitive market on the international market.

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