This document discusses silviculture techniques for growing bamboo, including choosing appropriate bamboo species, propagation methods, plantation technology, yield estimates, intercultural operations like weeding and pruning, and harvesting procedures. It addresses the importance of bamboo, growth habits of different species, and guidelines for establishing and maintaining bamboo plantations.

1. Silviculture of Bamboo

2. • Why bamboo?
• Where can we grow bamboo?
• Which bamboo species?
• How to grow bamboo?
• What are the silvicultutral operations?

3. Topics
• Importance of bamboo
• Growth of Bamboo
• Choice of species
• Propagation
• Plantation technology
• Yield
• Intercultural operations
• Harvesting