China partners with Uganda for bamboo farming

The government of China has announced plans to establish a bamboo training and plantation project in Uganda.

According to the Chinese Ambassador to Uganda, H.E Zhang Lizhong, arrangements are being finalised to send experts in bamboo cultivation to facilitate the initiative.

“We will soon dispatch about nine agricultural experts to train Ugandan farmers in bamboo cultivation,” he stated, adding that; “Uganda has already allocated land for bamboo plantations, and China will introduce varieties more suited to this land, complementing the existing bamboo species in Uganda.”