Rediscovering the virtues of bamboo, an ancient plant
Bamboo (called ‘baans’ in Hindi, and ‘moongil’ in Tamil) is an ancient plant that grows fast in wet soil in broad sunlight. It is well known to people in Asia and Latin America, where communities use bamboo plants for a variety of purposes. The food scientist and historian K.T. Achaya, in his book A Historical Dictionary of Indian Food, notes that Jain monks and forest exiles used bamboo stems and leaves for food, since ancient times in India.
Bamboo trees across the country are best planted and grown in tropical and humid conditions, with good sunlight exposure and soil rich in organic matter. The States where bamboo trees flourish are Assam, Tripura, Mizoram, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. A recent paper titled ‘From Forest to future: A sustainable perspective on bamboo’s nexus with biodiversity, indigenous knowledge, ecological resilience, and current status in Northeast India’, by Singh et al. in the journal Trees, Forests and People, reported that bamboo-based industries, using indigenous knowledge, can be strengthened scientifically and by policy interventions through setting up bamboo research centres to enhance local knowledge.
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