The decapitated banana plant is almost useless, an inconvenience to the farmer who must then uproot it and lay its dismembered parts as mulch. A Ugandan company is buying banana stems in a business that turns fiber into attractive handicrafts. The idea is innovative as well as sustainable in this East African country that’s literally a banana republi
Ugandan Company Turns Banana Waste Into Handicrafts
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Beatrice Namawejje, marketing and sales personnel for TEXFAD, displays banana fiber products, at a showroom in Kira, Wakiso District, Uganda, Sept. 20, 2023.
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Employee Anathole Kisakye, employee, extracts banana fiber threads using a machine Tupande Holdings Ltd workshop, in Kiwenda village, Busukuma, Wakiso District. Uganda, Sept. 20, 2023.
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Employee Derick Nsembe peels a banana stem where banana fiber threads are extracted from at Tupande Holdings Ltd. workshop, in Kiwenda village, Busukuma, Wakiso District. Uganda, Sept. 20, 2023.
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A farmer cuts down a banana plant, at her farm, in Kiwenda village, Busukuma, Wakiso District, Uganda, Sept. 20, 2023.