Review Article
A Review on Bamboo Resource in the African Region: A Call for Special Focus and Action
Table 6
Status and potential of bamboo resource in the African region.
| Country | Bamboo area (1000 ha) | Bamboo area (%) | Forest area (1000 ha), GFRA (2015) | Bamboo to forest area (%) | Year of available data | Reference | Remark |
| Cameroon | 5 | 0.11 | 18816 | 0.03 | 2010 | Ingram et al. [23] | Data only from northwest of Cameroon. | Congo | 102 | 2.24 | 22334 | 0.46 | 1988 | UNDIO [39, 42] cited in FAO [7] | | Ethiopia | 1439 | 31.55 | 12499 | 11.51 | 2018 | Zhao et al. [35] | | Ghana | 400 | 8.77 | 9337 | 4.28 | 2015 | INBAR [27] | | Kenya | 131 | 2.87 | 4413 | 2.97 | 2018 | Zhao et al. [35] | | Nigeria | 1590 | 34.86 | 6993 | 22.74 | 2007 | FAO [7] | Overestimated and not verified. | Rwanda | 17 | 0.37 | 480 | 3.54 | 1985 | FRA (1985) cited in FAO [7] | | Senegal | 661 | 14.49 | 8273 | 7.99 | 2010 | FAO [36] | | Sudan | 31 | 0.68 | 19210 | 0.16 | 2010 | FAO [36] | | Uganda | 54.6 | 1.20 | 2077 | 2.63 | 2018 | Zhao et al. [35] | | United Republic of Tanzania | 128 | 2.81 | 46060 | 0.28 | 2010 | FAO [7] cited in FAO [36] | | Zimbabwe | 3.2 | 0.07 | 14062 | 0.02 | 2001 | FAO (2001) cited in FAO [7] | | Total | 4561.8 | 100 | 164554 | 100 | | | |
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