BIO-BASED ECONOMY
Fibers from banana waste for handmade products
Market
| Final Products | Artistic paper products (fibers for handmade products) (e.g., business cards, greeting cards, note pads) |
| Required Inputs | Banana waste |
| Competing Products |
Low competition |
| Potential for Export | High |
Process
| Complexity – Type of Process | Simple – mechanical process |
| Technology | Manual pulping, pressing, and shredding |
| Equipment and Material | Pulping and pressing units, tools for producing products |
| Human Resources | Manual labor and designers |
Business Linkage
| Forward Linkage | Exhibitors and stationery stores |
| Local/Regional/Nationwide | Local Market- Nationwide |
| Backward Linkage | Waste contractors and farmers |
| Supporting Entities | Waste contractors, equipment, and packaging material suppliers |
| Competitive Edge |
Unique paper texture and other advantageous characteristics (e.g., strength) |
Economic Features
| Revenue Stream | Sale of artistic paper products |
| CAPEX | Less than 500K Note: This CAPEX represents the indicative investment size, however, this investment opportunity can start from a micro-scale investment and grow in implementation to larger-sized investments. |
| Investment Size | Micro (less than 500K EGP) |
Considerations
| Key Challenge | The informal sector may control the price of feedstock, seasonality of banana waste, supply access and quality, and cash flow management |
| Advantages | High value-added use of banana waste |
| Potential Pathways to Growth | Production, sales and/or distribution of other products (e.g., fabrics, composite boards, veneer, wrapping paper and other packaging) or sold as feedstock to the industry, if large quantities with appropriate specifications could be sourced |
General Impact
| Environmental | Eco-friendly use of agricultural waste |
| Social | Increases return on agricultural waste activities and create job opportunities for unskilled labor and women |
Impact on Sub-market(s), Cluster(s) and Value Chain(s)
| Relevant sub-market | Handmade accessories |
| Lies within the following value chain/cluster(s) |
Agricultural waste |
| Impact | Enhances value-addition of agricultural waste utilization |
Studies
| Serial | File name | Download |
| 1 | UNIDO IGGE_VC Cluster Competitiveness & BOM |
