Banana stem, which is available in plenty in Chennai’s suburban and rural pockets, has come in handy for weavers of Anakaputhur. After weaving saris and creating fabrics, weavers in this suburban ...

MUKONO, Uganda (AP) — A decapitated banana plant is almost useless, an inconvenience to the farmer who must then uproot it and lay its dismembered parts as mulch. But can such stems somehow be ...

In a move to turn agricultural waste into a definite source of sustainable livelihood, the district administration of Anantapur has embarked on the manufacture of eco-friendly products such as hats ...

Uganda is the second largest producer of bananas after India with about 9 million tonnes produced annually. All this production creates tonnes of waste in form of stems and stocks. These are returned ...