Why invest in Bamboo?

In Kenya, investors in commercial forestry have focused on species like eucalyptus, gravelia and cypress etc, which typically take up to 10 years to mature. Bamboo takes half the time, meaning you get your return on investment much faster for longer as it reproduces new shoots from its roots and is therefore harvested multiple times.

This means that with a bamboo forest you get returns fairly quickly, whether you invested in ‘green’ land or an already existing forest.

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