Propagation of bamboo
Sprucing up
Chinese paper industry in for a makeover
Bamboo shock
The Mizoram government gears up to face the menace of bamboo flowering
Warded off
Bamboo trouble
INDIA
Status change
Bamboo as agro-product
Bamboo boom
The cultivation of the grass is now less cumbersome
Careless losses
High-yield variety
Bamboo is key to rural growth
Bamboo bonanza
Cheap method to multiply non-seeding species
Rat menace
The flowering of the bamboo is bad news for the people in Mizoram
Bamboo for biomass
Bamboo could be a potential source of green gasoline
Can the Northeast become a trade hub?
Or, will they be mere transit points?
So long, An An: World’s oldest male giant panda dies in Hong Kong
The fundamental shift
Return to the basics: create jobs in the hinterland
Losing shine
Falling profits discourage silk farmers
Living off leaves
Sal leaf trade has enormous potential but suffers abject neglect