Mizoram has an abundant reserve of bamboo forest covering 12,54,400 ha and contributing 14% of the all India bamboo distribution. It has 20 bamboo species, of which Melocanna baccifera (Mautak) is predominant and occupies 95% of the bamboo afforested land in the State. Bamboo is widely used in the state:-

To irrigate vast tracts of agricultural land; To make dams, dikes, sluice gates, farm implements, props, stakes, floats fish trap, silk cocoon trays, chicken coops, windbreak barriers and other such articles; To construct pillars, posts, stilts, rafters, roofs, floors, walls, etc; as an ideal material for earthquake resistant and emergency housing; In handicrafts, furnitures, handmade papers, handlooms, curtains, toothpicks, chopsticks, incense sticks and the like; To make paper pulp, rayon, charcoal, etc.

The State Government invites investors for setting up of industrial units in all the above areas, either in Joint Venture with Mizoram Bamboo Development Agency or other with local entrepreneurs.