Review, Current Status, and Prospects of the Bamboo Industry in Taiwan

台灣竹產業之回顧、現況與展望

林裕仁(Yu-Jen Lin)

《台灣林業科學》 26卷1期 (2011/03) Pp. 99-111

https://doi.org/10.7075/TJFS.201103.0099

摘要

竹子之多元化產品除提供台灣地區民眾每日生活材料所需外，竹林也擔負環境保護之功能。以竹材為原料之竹加工相關產業在1960~1980年間台灣經濟成長歷程中曾貢獻許多，改善竹農與農村經濟，為政府重要收入來源，賺取外匯曾高達年44.7百萬美元。然面對高漲之工資與自亞洲其他國家低廉進口產品之競爭，該產業已呈現長期衰退狀態。如何藉由提昇竹子利用以維護竹林資源及如何再次振興繁榮竹加工業，始終是農業主管部門在擬訂決策時必須面對之重要課題。為瞭解竹子多元化利用對早期先民生活之重要性，本報告先回顧台灣竹加工業之發展變遷，接著描述竹產業現況及目前農業主管部門為提昇竹材利用所執行之計畫，最後敘及政府相關部門為提昇木竹產業所制訂之多項計畫及概述竹工藝、竹裂解油及竹燃料顆粒等具潛力之竹材利用展望。

關鍵字

竹子 ； 竹材利用 ； 竹加工業 ； 裂解油

並列摘要

Bamboo offers local people a variety of products for daily needs, and helps protect habitats in Taiwan. In the 1960~1980s, bamboo-related processing industries in Taiwan reached a maximum output value of US$ 44.7 million and greatly contributed to economic improvements for bamboo farmers, local communities, and governments. But these industries have been in decline for a long time due to surging labor costs and high competition from cheaper imported products from other Asian countries. For Taiwanese agricultural authorities, how to promote the amount of bamboo utilization to maintain the health of indigenous bamboo forest resources, and how to allow the bamboo processing industry and bamboo production to prosper again are important issues in making strategy. This paper first reviews the development history of the bamboo-processing industry in Taiwan, so that one can know the contributions and importance of the numerous ways that bamboo was utilized by local people in bygone years, then describes the current status of this industry and how programs for promoting bamboo utilization have been successfully carried out by the agricultural authorities. Finally, the paper mentions several beneficial coordinated programs in cooperation with other related governmental agencies to upgrade the bamboo industry in Taiwan and the prospects for the potential development of bamboo utilization including high value-added fine bamboo craft products, bamboo pyrolytic oil production, and bamboo pellet manufacture.

並列關鍵字

bamboo ； bamboo utilization ； bamboo-processing industry ； pyrolytic oil