🎋 ThinkBamboo PodCast : Se.1, Ep.8 -- Thomas Quirynen from Bamboo-Uganda
Thomas Quirynen started Bamboo Uganda with others to push the bamboo value chain in Uganda. They identified a gap in the processing facility.
Welcome to the 8th episode of the ThinkBamboo Podcast, where we interview the movers and shakers in the bamboo industry. In this episode, JJ sits down in this latest remote interview, with Thomas Quirynen, the founder of Bamboo-Uganda, to discuss the challenges and opportunities in the bamboo industry in Uganda.
Bamboo-Uganda is a social business focused on pushing the bamboo value chain in Uganda. The organization was founded two years ago by a group of bamboo enthusiasts looking to fill a gap in the bamboo processing industry in Uganda. The main challenge was the lack of access to bamboo, which they solved by identifying existing plantations and starting a small processing facility to experiment with making quality products.
In this episode, we explore how Bamboo-Uganda is working to enable the value chain in the bamboo industry in Uganda, setting up a carbon credit component, and exploring an agroforestry model. We also discuss the challenges of maximizing the environmental and social impact through the agroforestry model, and the research being done on producing structural bamboo with green glues and heat treatment.
