BIO-BASED ECONOMY
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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 |