Bamboo plants have a huge growth that lead to shading soil in association with a vigorous and abundant root system. Thus, competition for water, light and nutrients limit the development of intercrops between bamboo groves. However, it is possible to cultivate other plant species in consortium with bamboo if there are control on the competition factors.
This would allow optimizing the use of natural resources and increasing productivity by area, combining, for example, fruit crops, bamboo shoots, and bamboo sticks. Successive harvests of different products over time would provide increase and diversification in the farmers’ income source.
