The Project Activities that we are involved in include:- Training of project staff and farmers on bamboo cultivation and farm management skills. Assessing marketing dynamics as a feedback to investment in the bamboo industry in Kenya. Participation in international bamboo production and tobacco control conferences Acquisition of relevant literature on bamboo and tobacco Continuous/quarterly monitoring of bamboo growth performance in 120 field experimentation sites Dissemination of project outputs through publications, reports, meetings/ events/ workshops Developing community action plans to ensure a reduction of tobacco production in the region through livelihood diversification/ poverty alleviation strategies. Assessment of existing and potential market opportunities for bamboo products. Writing and publishing papers based on the project's results. Preparing and publishing policy briefs Formation of bamboo farmers co-operatives Capacity building of farmers through trainings and workshops Farmers’ visit to already established co-operatives to be exposed to various operations e.g. Akamba Handcraft Co-operative Society Limited in Changamwe, Mombasa Marketing of bamboo seedlings, poles and products for the co-operatives
	Prof Kibwage and Prof Netondo acknowledging the farmers skills             Prof Netondo,Dr Fu and Wardie(in jeans)during monitoring in Kuria                    Hon.Wilfred Machage on a training workshop in Kuria                                 Migori Bamboo farmers attending to their nursery                    Prof Kibwage on propagation workshop in Kuria                                       Prof Kibwage on propagation workshop in Migori