The Bright Side of Banana Fibers

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Buena Vista Village is a small farming community located on the banks of the Mopan River in the Cayo District. The village primarily produces citrus and bananas, but now, the women of Buena Vista Village are creating a trade of their own. The up-and-coming artisans are weaving a name for themselves with their exquisite tapestries made from banana fibers. In tonight’s “On the Bright Side” Sabreena Daly takes us to the Belize Banana Fibers base, where they transform agricultural waste into valuable home decor.

[@ibisobraide9097]

My name is Braide, Ibiso from Nigeria. I am interested in waste management and especially Agricultural waste management like recycling and reuse of banana waste into different products from all you are doing and more.

[@sanjeetabarooah2533]

Great creative work

[@ritagrinage4767]

This is amazing, very impressive 👏 ❤ brilliant idea

[@medeamaterial]

This is fantastic!

[@nawa3236]

What a great example of doing good free of charge for others. It gave me a smile knowing

[@Bellz972]

He saw the machine and went home and made it !!! 😮

[@OgbonnaNwojiji]

Thanks a lot,

[@mznisha]

How wonderful! Thanks for sharing

[@clairfreitas8390]

Maravilhoso trabalho 👏👏🇧🇷 tbm faço trabalhos com fibras de bananaeiras, é apaixonante.

[@jerlindamolejon777]

Great sharing

[@hyacinthjarrett8637]

Well done. I hope that Jamaica and her neighbours will start up some of these projects. Jamaica, the internet is very informative but better yet let's take a trip to Africa and India if they will permit us to do a study. They seem so advanced both in commercially manufacturing marketable products. The machinery varies in price according to the size of the business. Turning to the coconut India is even using a very sophisticated aid that is quick and relatively safe to pick the nuts. I am impressed with the manners of mechinization made by them to suit their needs. The same with Africa, and ladies, there women there are doing great things. They are really standing up to the men with their own business. The waste tyre industry. They have their own big business in America yet we didn't know, so let's stick to our amazing African women and regional neighbours who will share with each other. It can be as big or small as we want so let's go guys. Plus there is more such as our pineapple waste.

[@gloriaeho2799]

Fabulous

[@charlesmazinga9329]

Good project

[@teresiawairimi6368]

Very impressive

[@engineerjjuukoabbeyjab9980]

wooow

[@Vietnamglobalsourcing]

Great

[@ceciliayambui6949]

Hi, this is interesting, how can I obtain the machine to extract the fibre

[@debrabrooks6138]

How thin can these fibers be, Can thread be made from this?

[@ibrahimsyed7387]

Nice

[@pablomedrano8521]

How can you help us here in the Philippines, we have lots of bananas?

[@Thetarzan256]

❤❤❤

[@florencenakaggwa]

So nice how can you help us to have so guidance on how to do it we have a lot of bananas

[@moradeyobukoye8492]

Please permit me to commend you on the excellent job you are doing with the banana plant. Can you provide me with the contact address of the machine manufacturer ? Thank you. Deyo Bukoye

[@gmartlife]

What to put when you boil it ?

[@sharadpawar1667]

I m interested this product

[@gracetumwine7364]

Can you help me help my village. We live in Isingiro uga

[@ashleylorenjo]

I hope they compensate that engineer well

[@karenpemberton1389]

I want to learn more, can you help me I am from the Trinidad.

[@ismailhossain1060]

We have a lot of banana trees here how can i start this business from bangladesh

[@florencenakaggwa]

Is it possible to one of your student? Thanks in advance

[@florencenakaggwa]

Is it possible to be one of your student?

[@norbertkwakye9057]

How can we contact you .

[@Alagbajere24]

Pls how can we contact you

[@afreeko_creativehub]

How can we contact you?

[@afreeko_creativehub]

Please how can we get the machine and training to help youths in my community

[@donperera4819]

Thanks for the new opportunity for people around the world