Pakistan In Focus - Pakistan takes initiatives to boost bamboo production.

Pakistan has decided to become a full member of the International Network on Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) to balance out the role of India in the body, a move aimed at boosting production of bamboo.

India is already a member of the organisation, which is an independent inter-governmental body with a global mandate to promote the development of bamboo and rattan in ways that are beneficial to people and the environment. Politically, Pakistan can balance out the space enjoyed by India in INBAR.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, the area under bamboo cultivation had increased from 9,000 hectares in 1992 to 20,000 hectares in 2010.

A major boost to the cultivation of...