OUR BAMBOO PROJECT

The Albida Agriculture Bamboo project aims to produce bamboo charcoal to compete with wood in the wholesale charcoal market as a profitable, practical and sustainable long term solution to urban expansion, deforestation and Zambia’s growing energy needs.  

​

By consolidating, distributing and storing production, Albida Agriculture Ltd. can take advantage of the seasonal price peaks in the wholesale charcoal market and distribution inefficiencies, to achieve a profitable trading margin.  Currently the project has completed a pilot phase engaging 85 smallholders on 25 hectares with soya intercropping; eventually larger scale commercial production will be added.

​

This model leverages regional knowledge and experience. Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi and Zimbabwe, all have dynamic people engaged in making the bamboo economy happen. Most notably there is now a well-established bamboo nursery in Malawi.