This enabled them to produce spinnable banana fibre for cloth and hair extensions. The researchers partnered with TEXFAD, a Ugandan textile producer, to commercialise these products. They are also ...

The rugs and lampshades they produce are especially attractive to customers, with the company now exporting some products to Europe. Such items are possible because “banana fiber can be softened to ...

Banana fibre hair products clearly offer a solution to these problems. If they are discarded, they can easily rot in the soil, whereas synthetic hair that is made from plastic does not.

Banana fiber is a sustainable and biodegradable alternative ... have two other advantages — one is to look and feel like silk products and the other is the high level of affordability.

This enabled them to produce spinnable banana fibre for cloth and hair extensions. The researchers partnered with TEXFAD, a Ugandan textile producer, to commercialise these products. They are also ...

The rugs and lampshades they produce are especially attractive to customers, with the company now exporting some products to Europe. Such items are possible because “banana fiber can be softened ...

The carpets, bags, hair, clothes, paper, and other household items produced by Uganda’s fledgling banana fibre companies and products from other industrial firms compete with cheap alternatives ...