The government is to redouble efforts to increase local production of organic agricultural produce in a bid to reduce imports. 

The Modern Bamboo Craft & National Certification Workshop will introduce the CNC technology to the Jamaican Bamboo Industry.

Technical Committees (TCs) are responsible for the development of standards.

The National Housing Trust (NHT) is funding a $54-million bamboo research project, which will facilitate research on bamboo as a possible housing material.

Caribbean Bamboo Pulp and Paper, or Caribamboo has put its hat in the ring as a potential investor in the planned bamboo industry.

With bamboo growing wild in many areas across the country, one would think that the wild grass could make for more profitable use if managed properly.