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The Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) of the Central Tobacco Research Institute (CTRI), Rahajmundry, Andhra Pradesh, has designed, developed and commercialised a novel "Banana Fibre Extractor (BFE)" machine.
Dr V. Krishnamurthy, Director, CTRI (under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research), told Business Line recently in Rajahmundra (Andhra Pradesh) that a team of senior scientists and technicians attached to KVK had developed this machine, enabling small entrepreneurs in the State to take up banana fibre extraction as an enterprise for value addition and income generation.
Banana fibre was extensively used as blending material in textile industries in countries such as the Philippines, Malaysia, Japan and Korea. Being a natural fibre, it easily blends with other fibres such as jute and mesta.
The fibre can also be a good raw material in manufacture of items such as tissue paper, filter paper and decorative kraft paper.
Banana fibre-based products, being chemical-free, also have large export potential to countries such as the US, UK, Australia, Malaysia, Japan and Thailand.
BFE machine has revolutionised the living conditions of banana farmers and workers in the region. extraction of fibre and preparation of organic manure from banana stems have been found to be highly useful and economical to the farmers.
Banana is grown, largely by small and marginal farmers, in an area of 0.68 million hectares, spread over 10 States of the country, and only the fruits and leaves are used while the pseudostems and petioles of the plant are thrown away as waste material.
Low-cost Device
It is estimated that 17,000 tonnes of fibre can be extracted from this waste portion of the banana plant, valued at roughly Rs 85 crore (Rs 50,000 per tonne).
BFE machine is a low cost portable device which can easily be operated. Cost varies between Rs 20,500 and Rs 28,000 each, and now available in four models.
The maximum quantity of fibre that an individual can extract by manual process will be just 500 gram a day. For manual extraction, only wooden boards and metal scrapper are required. A fibre-extracting machine, with the capacity to extract 15 to 20 kg a day, cost Rs.30,000 from Rajamundhry in Andhra Pradesh. The machinery uses very little power and can be operated by using solar and wind energy.
The Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) has so far trained over 500 people, especially women self help group members, in fibre extraction and is ready to help trainees and banana cultivators purchase machines by arranging for bank credit tie-up.
Dr V. Krishnamurthy, Director, CTRI (under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research), told Business Line recently in Rajahmundra (Andhra Pradesh) that a team of senior scientists and technicians attached to KVK had developed this machine, enabling small entrepreneurs in the State to take up banana fibre extraction as an enterprise for value addition and income generation.
Banana fibre was extensively used as blending material in textile industries in countries such as the Philippines, Malaysia, Japan and Korea. Being a natural fibre, it easily blends with other fibres such as jute and mesta.
The fibre can also be a good raw material in manufacture of items such as tissue paper, filter paper and decorative kraft paper.
Banana fibre-based products, being chemical-free, also have large export potential to countries such as the US, UK, Australia, Malaysia, Japan and Thailand.
BFE machine has revolutionised the living conditions of banana farmers and workers in the region. extraction of fibre and preparation of organic manure from banana stems have been found to be highly useful and economical to the farmers.
Banana is grown, largely by small and marginal farmers, in an area of 0.68 million hectares, spread over 10 States of the country, and only the fruits and leaves are used while the pseudostems and petioles of the plant are thrown away as waste material.
Low-cost Device
It is estimated that 17,000 tonnes of fibre can be extracted from this waste portion of the banana plant, valued at roughly Rs 85 crore (Rs 50,000 per tonne).
BFE machine is a low cost portable device which can easily be operated. Cost varies between Rs 20,500 and Rs 28,000 each, and now available in four models.
The maximum quantity of fibre that an individual can extract by manual process will be just 500 gram a day. For manual extraction, only wooden boards and metal scrapper are required. A fibre-extracting machine, with the capacity to extract 15 to 20 kg a day, cost Rs.30,000 from Rajamundhry in Andhra Pradesh. The machinery uses very little power and can be operated by using solar and wind energy.
The Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) has so far trained over 500 people, especially women self help group members, in fibre extraction and is ready to help trainees and banana cultivators purchase machines by arranging for bank credit tie-up.
