Ugandan researchers are transforming discarded banana stems into textiles, hair extensions and sanitary pads, positioning the East African nation to capitalize on growing global demand for sustainable ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. A man extracting banana fiber from Banana pseudo stems in Kirinyaga County where the ...

For as long as humans have been around, we have been using our hands and senses to create beautiful and useful objects from the natural environment around us. While the artisans of old may not have ...

Banana as Matter, Tradition as Knowledge” explores the banana plant as both a material and a vessel of cultural knowledge. Using the pseudo-stem, the plant’s main agricultural by-product, the project ...

CHANGHUA, Taiwan, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Entrepreneur Nelson Yang is reaching back into Taiwan's history to turn the humble banana plant into an unlikely sustainable textile. Taiwan is now the world's ...