A presentation given at the Global Bamboo and Rattan Congress (BARC 2018), 25-27 June 2018.

1. Enhancing the IFAD – INBAR partnership to scale up the participation
of small farmers in climate smart bamboo value chains
Bernard Hien, CD, IFAD
Malu Ndavi

2. Outline
• Background
• Achievements of INBAR-led and IFAD-funded grants
• Scaling up innovations & technologies through the Inter-Africa Bamboo
Smallholder Farmers Livelihood Development Program

3. Background
• International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is an IFI and the UN
leading special agency for rural transformation and poverty alleviation
• Considering the potentials of bamboo for poverty reduction, environmental
protection and sustainable development, IFAD and INBAR joined hands since
2010, to promote smallholder bamboo value chain models and technologies in
Africa
• 2 grants implemented in East and Southern Africa as a result of the partnership
• Building on this pilot work , a 3rd grant to replicate and share lessons learned
with West & Central Africa through South-South cooperation was approved by
IFAD

4. Project 1- Mainstreaming Pro-Poor Livelihoods and
Addressing Environmental Degradation with Bamboo in
E&S
• Increase use of bamboo resources for land
and water management
• Establish value chain production in rural
areas for increased income generation
• Substitute wood based fuels with bamboo
for improved energy security and reduced
deforestation
• Raise awareness among direct beneficiaries
and policymakers on bamboo livelihoods and
environmental benefits
• March 2010 – June 2013
• Ethiopia, Madagascar, Mozambique,
Tanzania
• IFAD - US$ 1 500 000

5. Core achievements of Project 1
• 11 300 smallholders supported – 69% of which were women
• Average income of US$ 80/ beneficiary/ month in Ethiopia and Madagascar
• Average income of US$ 400 / beneficiary / month in Tanzania ( greater diversity of sophisticated
products , larger market)
• 7 species introduced, 9 mother nurseries and 108 village nurseries established, 40 ha of land
planted with bamboo
• 6 enterprise pilot sites or Community Production & Training Centres ( CPTC) set up with
treatment plant and processing machinery ( target of 4)
• 7 bamboo product types developed ( school desk, crafts, packaging, construction units,
laminated panels, beehives, boats)
• 22 charcoal and 231 briquette units
• Knowledge products, networks of stakeholders, 4 policy & investment plans developped

6. Project 2 - Pro-Poor Bamboo Livelihoods, Income Generation,
Employment Creation and Environmental Management
• Promote bamboo for environmental
management
• Bamboo farming systems
development
• Develop inclusive enterprise models
producing bamboo commodities
and products for diverse markets
• Sep 2014 – Dec 2018
• Ethiopia, Madagascar, Tanzania
• Year 1- 2 - IFAD – $US 500 000
• Year 3 – 4 - EU/EC – $US 1 000 000

7. Core achievement of Project 2
Outputs Realized Target %
Plants produced from 23 nurseries 380 000 180 000 211
Area of bamboo plantation (Ha) 127 250 51
Household micro nurseries 1328 5000 26
Farmers Schools established 22 22 100
Household reached by trainings 958 2500 38
Charcoal dome units established 6 6 100
Model enterprises established to produce
bamboo products 30
Youth employed 1500 4800 31
Achievements at Mid term, EU cofinancing completes in Dec 2018

8. Innovations introduced since 2010
• South- South approach transferred field based validated technologies and
knowledge among beneficiary countries and India
• Nursery enterprises established by rural households with market guaranteed
by Government programmes, development projects, Private sector
• Bamboo micro forests created in Mosaic landscapes
• Household charcoal briquetting unit used by small farmers to produce
bamboo charcoal
• Food security - sustainable bamboo management for pole production ,
shoot production, feed and fodder

9. Lessons learned since 2010
• Bamboo is a credible option for income generation, watershed protection,
afforestation
• Technical know – how of INBAR was instrumental to achievements
• Linkages with IFAD loan portfolio may inform the formulation of future loan
projects or country strategies – use of loan project approaches for identifying
the beneficiaries
• Partnership with the EU/EC to provide cofinancing increased significantly the
outreach

10. Sample products

11. Enhancing the IFAD-INBAR partnership
• Scale up the work conducted in E & S Africa (Ethiopia & Madagascar)
• South-South cooperation, with expertise from Chinese partners
• Support bamboo sector development across W & C Africa ( Ghana,
Cameroon)
Inter-Africa Bamboo Smallholder Farmers
Livelihood Development Programme – Project 3

12. Improve incomes, livelihoods , and resilience of African Smallholder farmers
by increasing their participation to climate smart bamboo value chains
Reduced poverty and increased employment for
30 000 smallholders ( 18 000 Women & Youth)
10 000 Ha of degraded land restored
Bamboo integrated into Country development plans
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13. Component & activities
1. Value chains
development
• Resource assessments
• Small farmer , Youth,
Women integration
• Participatory
agroforestry
• Development of
sylvopastoral systems
• Capacity building
2. Restore degraded
areas
• Site –species matching
• Planting material delivery
systems
• Management &
afforestation plans
• Training of local
communities
• Quantification of CC
mitigation benefits from
Chinese methodologies
3. Bamboo policy
• Integration of bamboo
into development plans
• Policy briefing notes
• Ministerial & multi-
stakeholders
roundtables
• Linkage to IFAD Country
programs
4. South-South Cooperation within Africa and between Africa & China

14. Target groups, Cost, Duration
• Target
• 12 000 Smallholder farmers – agroforestry farming system
• 15 000 Women - homesteads, community enterprises for charcoal
• 3000 Youth – new employment or entrepreneurial opportunities
• Project cost: US$ 2 500 000
• Duration : 3 Years
• Signing of Grant Agreement: During BARC 2018
• Start up: October 2018

15. Success factors
• In Cameroon - Strong political will
• MoU between GoC and INBAR to develop
bamboo and rattan
• Yaoundé international conference in August
2016 on harnessing the potential of
bamboo for carbon trading, landscape
restoration, and job creation
• Joint Visit (IFAD – GoC – 4 municipalities )
to INBAR HQ in 2017
• Opportunities for linkages with youth
entrepreneurship loan portfolio
• In Ghana – INBAR is well established
• Research site : Community Bamboo
Enterprise Development in Kumasi
• Opportunity of linkage to the IFAD funded
project
WCA
ESA
CHINA