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Uravu's nursery primarily strives to lead and provide assistance for eco-restoration programmes and to ensure availability of raw materials for the bamboo based production units. With more than 50 species our nursery is the largest in South India in terms of species diversity.


Listed below are some of the characteristics of bamboo;

  • An effective erosion control plant and natural control barrier due to its widespread root system and large canopy.
  • Reduces runoff, prevents massive soil erosion.
  • Keeps twice so much water in the watershed.
  • Sustains riverbanks.
  • Protects surrounding environment during typhoons due to its height.
  • Regenerates and resilient even after strong typhoons.
  • Helps mitigate water pollution due to its high nitrogen consumption;
    minimises CO2 gases (sequesters up to 12 tons of CO2 from the air per hectare).
  • Generates up to 35% more oxygen then equivalent stand of trees.

Bamboo is an important component of development wherein all types of people have adequate access to. It requires little attention during its growing/production cycle and can occupy the same ecological niche as that of trees. It is well suited for agroforestry and healthy ecosystems. It requires only a modest capital investment to generate a steady income. Around the globe, a lot of individuals and communities are dependent on bamboo for their subsistence, shelter and every-day utilities.

Uses of Bamboo


Increase knowledge and research on the production and utilization of bamboo continue to create economic impact and emergence of new industries and products. Other than its traditional use for handicrafts and novelty items, new engineered applications which include lumber, veneer, strand and particle boards, plywood and other laminates, and emergent technologies of high strength bio-composites have been developed.

Bamboo the green gold is widely regarded as the super crop and super material of 21st century. Bamboo is the most prominent component in central governments ambitious project to double the farmers income by 2022.

The PDF shows the projected expenditure and income for bamboo plantation in one acre of land in Kerala.