A Review on Bamboo Resource in the African Region: A Call for Special Focus and Action

The African region has untapped bamboo resource potential with immense socioeconomic, cultural, and ecological significances. Despite the long history of in region, its contribution is at infant stage. Therefore, present study aimed reviewing existing literature supported by research experience on region. review process mainly focused four main specific objectives. These include (1) extensively countries that owned identify species each country, (2) document species, generic, taxonomic tribes (3) assess report area coverage from available nations, (4) highlight experiences special opportunities, challenges, successful achievements representative countries. found out a total 4.56 million ha 115 are reported 48 Hence, shares 12.3% global contributed 7.3% species. Of this, 89.6% endowed indigenous Among O. abyssinica most widely distributed 38 Madagascar ranked first 37 while Ethiopia led 25 introduced Nowadays, 1.44 coverage, which accounted for 31.6% 3.89% world total. more detail comprehensive taxonomy, base inventory, silvicultural applications, socioeconomic recommended.