Abstract
Madake (Phyllostachys bambusoides) is produced around Kameoka City and it is supplied mainly to Kyoto City. Bamboo grove management in this area is performed not by bamboo grove owner but by bamboo culm production dealer. In order to clarify the bamboo culm production dealer's present situation, and the actual state of the bamboo grove management, interviews were carried out in Kameoka City. There were 11 bamboo culm production dealers at Kameoka City in 1993. But the bamboo culm production dealer had decreased to 7 because they grew old. It is thought that 4 or 5 of them are going to continue the bamboo culm production dealer. They are small-scale dealer of family labor, and are having forced severe management in bamboo culm demand reduction. It is thought that there are three methods of slipping out of the difficulty. Moreover, in the Madake grove near Kameoka, low-quality and abandonment of bamboo grove management are in progress. The main causes are the following three. "They are cutting the bamboo culms at convenient point near road", "They are cutting only good bamboo culms" and "The damage of wild boar are expanding."
