On realising the farmers were more than willing to plant more bananas, we imported one banana fibre extractor from India,’’ Muriuki said. Among the products made from the banana fibre include ...

They decided to approach the MSME Ministry to set up Jayadev Banana Fiber Extraction Cluster in the village where locals could be employed to produce different products from banana waste.

ICOSEED Managing Director Patrick Muriuki (right) and programme manager Alexander Gichovi display some of the products they ... a technology to extract fibre from banana stems and weave bags ...

have been trained to produce products from banana fibre, empowering them to augment their family income. The couple’s startup has already established 11 banana fibre extraction units in the State.