Kibwage, Jacob K.Misreave, Sylvia E.2012-02-142012-02-142011http://hdl.handle.net/10625/48259The table of contents for this item can be shared with the requester. The requester may then choose one chapter, up to 10% of the item, as per the Fair Dealing provision of the Canadian Copyright ActBamboo is a native forest resource of Ethiopia. The major causes of neglect, under-utilisation and destruction of the Ethiopian bamboo forests are insecurity of land rights, and lack of economic incentive to value bamboo as a useful commodity. Since bamboo is used intensively in rural areas near bamboo forests, the study advocates for the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) and the Ethiopian Government to cooperate, improve, strengthen and enhance technological knowhow of local communities in propagation, harvesting and sustainable natural resource management. The government should introduce bamboo into Ethiopian housing markets, to compete with conventional building materials.application/pdfenPOVERTYMARKETSVALUE CHAINSBAMBOO MARKETBAMBOOETHIOPIASUSTAINABLE BUILDING MATERIALCIVIL ENGINEERINGHOUSING CONSTRUCTIONFOREST POLICYSUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTNATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTLAND TENUREHOUSING POLICYRURAL HOUSINGRURAL INDUSTRYSOUTH OF SAHARAWorking Paper