Ethiopia: living (and dying) with bamboo

Ethiopia: living (and dying) with bamboo

Did you know that Ethiopia holds the largest bamboo resources of the whole African continent? The country has indigenous bamboo forests of some one million hectares, about 60% of Africa’s estimated resources. For Zerfu, a farmer in the southern Sidama region, bamboo isn’t just the material that keeps his house standing. Bamboo is part of…

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