{"id":1878,"date":"2020-12-21T10:49:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T05:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/farmspot.in\/index.php\/2020\/12\/21\/bamboo-a-source-of-income-for-tribals\/"},"modified":"2020-12-21T10:49:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T05:19:00","slug":"bamboo-a-source-of-income-for-tribals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/farmspot.in\/index.php\/2020\/12\/21\/bamboo-a-source-of-income-for-tribals\/","title":{"rendered":"Bamboo &#8211; A source of income for Tribals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<figure><!-- Check if the request is from FB-RSS--><img src=\"https:\/\/kj1bcdn.b-cdn.net\/media\/42060\/untitled-1bamboo-800x500_c.jpg\" alt=\"Bamboo\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid\"\/><figcaption class=\"caption\">Bamboo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bamboo shoots are not very familiar to this generation.\u00a0 One of the many reasons is that the bamboo itself is not visible.\u00a0 Bamboo is a herbaceous plant.\u00a0 Sprouts are one of the fastest-growing plants in the world.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>Adult bamboo can grow up to 45 m in length.\u00a0 According to the genus, there are 75 varieties of sprouts.\u00a0 There are 1250 types of branches within them.\u00a0 Bamboo is one such plant.Bamboos are very important in terms of environment.\u00a0 It is a well known fact that bamboo plays an important role in raising soil moisture.\u00a0 That is why many people have started planting bamboo.<\/p>\n<p>Looking back a generation, the fence around their backyard was made of bamboo to keep the habitat safe, so the animals and other creatures would not destroy everything they saw in the backyard.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>Bamboo forests were mostly planted along the borders.\u00a0 This means that it was also used to prevent erosion.\u00a0 In addition, the possibility of absorption of fertilizers given to other crops is also a factor for doing so.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of life expectancy, bamboo can last from 60 to 100 years.\u00a0 These begin to flower before the bamboo dies.\u00a0 From this the ripe berries are produced.\u00a0 These nuts are also known as bamboo shoots.\u00a0 Bamboo blooms at a specific time.<\/p>\n<p>In Kerala, the majority of bamboo shoppers are tribals.\u00a0 This is not only their food but also their source of income.\u00a0 Since bamboo shoots also have medicinal properties, the forest dwellers get a fair price when they sell it.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>Although similar in appearance to rice, it is comparable in taste to wheat.\u00a0 Bamboo shoots are usually grown by cutting off certain parts.\u00a0 Red soil is best to cultivate for bamboo.\u00a0 It is estimated that about 35 tons of bamboo shoots per hectare yields about 5 tons of bamboo shoots per hectare.\u00a0 The fact that multiple varieties of bamboo can be harvested more than once is an important factor in bamboo cultivation.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                        <\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/krishijagran.com\/agripedia\/bamboo-a-source-of-income-for-tribals\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bamboo Bamboo shoots are not very familiar to this generation.\u00a0 One of the many reasons is that the bamboo itself is not visible.\u00a0 Bamboo is a herbaceous plant.\u00a0 Sprouts are one of the fastest-growing plants in the world. &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Adult bamboo can grow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/farmspot.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1878"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/farmspot.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/farmspot.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/farmspot.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/farmspot.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/farmspot.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/farmspot.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/farmspot.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/farmspot.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/farmspot.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}