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TIRIKI BAMBOO VALUE CHAIN CENTRE
TIRIKI BAMBOO VALUE CHAIN CENTRE
ABOUT US
TIRIKI TROPICAL GARDENS AND FARM, BAMBOO VALUE CHAIN WAS FOUNDED IN 2007 by Victor Mwanga and Florence Awino. You will wonder Why Bamboo. To us, Bamboo is a wonder plant by all accounts. It's many uses include erosion control, watershed protection, soil remediation, and environmental greening. It is also the fastest growing timber plant on earth, with many applications as a wood substitute. It is this plant, which forms the central feature of the world), since we started we have been able to tap into the social and ecological potential for Bamboo through the following activities:
- Establishment of a bamboo nursery with a diverse collection of species.
- Field planting of bamboo in selected areas.
- The implementation of a Training Program for the local community (including the cultivation, maintenance, harvesting and utilization of bamboo).
- The development of a community-based business for ornamental plants, bamboo handicrafts and housing.
PROBLEM
There’s is a decline in forest cover in Kenya which currently stands at 6.2% compared to 10%
minimum requirement by the United Nations Environmental Program. This has become a key conservation challenge in Kenya, we are currently experiencing deforestation through illegal logging; Charcoal burning; and the encroachment of forests for human settlement and agriculture.SOLUTION
Our solution is to grow and establish bamboo nurseries, bamboo plantations, rehabilitate degraded land, to fully functional ecosystem using bamboo. We also conduct training to individual CBO’s on all aspects of bamboo care, bamboo management, harvesting and associated technologies. We sell high quality bamboo seedlings to individuals, investment groups, NGOs, CBOs, Government ministries and departments, and County governments. We use biotechnology, among other laboratory techniques.
THE HOW
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TRAININGS AND CONSULTANCY
We work with NGO's and County Governments to offer training programs in bamboo farming. Our aim is to become a Bamboo Training and Information Center. We offer practical training for local community members with the aim of transferring the latest know-how concerning bamboo preservation and utilization.
Establishment of a Bamboo Nursery with a Diverse collection
We build bamboo nursery to develop the cultivation of bamboo planting material for local plantations. We have a pilot bamboo plantation, which aims to serve as a model for other plantations. The plantation is intended both for environmental enhancement e.g. erosion control as well as for raw material production.
MIANZI MAKAA
Alternate fuel from Bamboo
Mianzi Makaa as a Value addition model to encourage alternative form of fuel from Bamboo. It has been established that Bamboo is a sustainable resource each bamboo clump upon maturity can sustainably providing up to 150 Kilograms of biomass per household without clear felling of the plants. Each bamboo clump produces ten 35 feet long and 3 inches diameter culms that when carbonized produces enough bamboo charcoal briquette to run an average household for a month. 12 bamboo clumps are therefore adequate to provide domestic fuel for a household annually. Currently, there exists bamboo clumps on farmers land that is not put to any tangible use.
Who We Are
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Victor Mwanga Shiribwa
Project Manager
Victor is a trained Logistics Manager and currently the program manager for TIRIKI BAMBOO VALUE CHAIN Victor previously worked as the International Road Transport Manager at Bollore Africa Logistics and previously he was the Country Operations Manager at TNT Expres
Florence Awino
Operations Lead
Florence is the Operations manager for Tiriki Bamboo Value Chain. She enjoys to prepare and organise all logistic aspects for the organisation. She has been instrumental in working to identify and facilitate the participation of women and girls in community work using bamboo value addition training to offer alternative livelihoods
Partners
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WWF KENYA
WWF is the world's largest conservation organization supporting our value addition project
VIHIGA COUNTY
Vihiga County has supported our work tree nurseiries and technical training , currently they are supporting a bamboo research centre to sensitise residents on the importance of the plant and help increase it .
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