uses of banana fibre

1. WELCOME

2. S.B.V.R AGRICULTURECOLLEGE BADVEL
MUSHROOM CULTIVATION Unit
Elp PROGRAMME
ACHARYA N.G RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
INNOVATIVE PROJECT
BANANA FIBRE EXTRACTION AND BY PRODUCTS
Submitted to:
Dr.V. Surendra
Assistant Professor Of
Plant Pathology
Submitted by:
K kusuma SreeVidhya
BAA/17-14

3. Table of Content
■ Introduction
■ Objectives
■ Properties and Characteristics
■ Project description
■ Technical plan
■ Production process
■ Product details
■ Financial Analysis
■ SWOT analysis
■ Alternate plan

4. • The best way to bring about the change is to make use of or find innovative uses for agricultural waste.
Banana is one of the important fruit crops grown in most of the states of India.
• In India, approximately 5 lakhs tones of banana trunk is discarded as waste every year , after harvesting.
There is good scope to get additional income from banana crop through appropriate utilization of
pseudostem, leaves, suckers etc.
• In this direction, in some of the states, attempts are being made to utilize the pseudostem, leaves and
suckers for making the products like papers, handicrafts, ropes, edible items etc., on very small scale
which have good economical value. We can extract fibre from those trunks which has extensive uses in
industries like textile, paper, and composite materials.
• Banana fiber is a very good replacement for synthetic fiber.
INTRODUCTION
■ Natural fibers have important advantages such as low density, appropriate stiffness and mechanical
properties and high disposability and renewability. Moreover, they are recyclable and biodegradable.
■ Banana fiber, a ligno-cellulosic fiber, obtained from the pseudo-stem of banana plant (Musa
sepientum), is a bast fiber with relatively good mechanical properties. The pseudo-stem is a clustered,
cylindrical aggregation of leaf stalk base.
■ Banana fiber at present is a waste product of banana cultivation and either not properly utilized or
partially done so. The extraction of fiber from the pseudo stem is not a common practice and much of
the stem is not used for production of fibers. This is reflected from the relatively expensive price of
banana fibers when compared to other natural fibers.

5. OBJECTIVES
■ Standardize processes for extracting textile grade fibers from pseudo
stem and prepare home furnishings.
■ Standardize processes of pulp and paper making from pseudo stem,
fibers and scutching waste both at hand made and industrial levels.
■ Develop value added edible productsfrom central core.
■ Preparation and evaluation of enriched sap and scutching waste
based vermicomposting.
■ Develop linkage for marketing of pseudo stem-based products.

6. Properties of
BANANA FIBRE
■ It is highly strong fibre
■ It has high moisture absorption quality
■ It has small elongation
■ It has light weight
■ It is somewhat shiny based on Extraction and Spinning
process
■ It has High and long lasting shelf life
■ It is bio- degradable
■ Biodegradable
■ Resistance
■ Durability
■ Insulation
■ Spin ability and tensile strength
CHARACTERISTICS
■ Natural sorbent
■ Soft, supple and shimmer
■ Comfort

7. PROJECT DESCRIPTION
General information :
Name of the firm: Prasad fibers
Bio data of entrepreneur:
Name: k Sree Vidhya
Qualification: B.sc (Agriculture)
Geographical location: GUNTUR district
Skills: Communication and Marketing skills

8. Raw materials:
■ We had selected Guntur to establish my unit because
availability of raw material is more.The area under
banana cultivation is increasing gradually.
■ The government had given the highest priority to
banana cultivation, a major part of which is
happening in Rayalaseema areas. Ever since the
tissue culture was started, a large number of farmers
have opted for banana cultivation.
■ The banana cultivation has touched 1.12 lakh
hectares in the State while the production is 63.84
lakh MT. Kadapa stands first in the State with a
production of 23.15 lakh MT. Anantapur, Chittoor
and Kurnool trail behind it with a production of 11.1
lakh MT, 92,085 MT and 20,510 MT
respectively.large
Technical plan
Production, Kadapa
, 23.15, 36%
Production,
Anantapur,
11.10, 17%
Production,
Chitoor, 0.92,
2%
Production,
Kurnool, 0.21,
0%
Production, Andhra
regions, 28.46, 45%
Banana Production
Kadapa
Anantapur
Chitoor
Kurnool
Andhra regions

9. Skilled labor:
■ There is abundant availably of skilled labor in this area. As the labor dependability is
low due to mechanization for achieving consistent productivity and quality. The
skilled labor are required to fiber extraction, cleaning and grading, spinning fiber into
yarn.
Utilities:
■ Power and water: we require less power and water in fibre production process
■ Pollution control : ppollution is negligible as no chemicals etc are used
■ Communication facilities: sreevidhyakari@gmail.com
■ Transportation facilities: Trucks, lorry are used for transportation

10. Production process:

11. FLOW CHART OF BANANA FIBER EXTRACTION
Remove dried and damaged outer sheaths from
banana pseudo stem
Cut chrunks of approximately 90cm in length
Sundry the extracted fiber Until it is completely
dried for 48 hours
Separate Fibre from the sheaths using fibre
extraction macine
Strip out the leaf inner sheaths

12. Equipments
Stem cutter
Advantages of Banana fiber Extraction
•@Extracks 15 kg fiber in 8 hours.
•Consumes less Electricity, That is 0.75 units per
hour
•Provides fiber of superior quality in terms of
length softness , Strength, and colour
•Less Maintenance, Easy and safe to operate.
•Clean work Environment
•Reduces Drudgery.

13. PRODUCT DETAILS
■ Banana fiber is a multiple celled structure.The lumens are large in relation to the wall
thickness.Cross markings are rare and fiber tips pointed and flat, ribbon like individual.
Banana fiber is a natural fiber with high strength, which can be blended easily with cotton
fibers or any other synthetic fibers to produce blended fabric & textiles. It is mainly used
by cottage industry in Southern India at present.
■ Banana fiber can be used for production of many products as follows:
■ 100% chemical free tissue paper,
■ filter paper
■ paper bags,
■ craft papers,
■ greeting cards, wedding cards,
■ carry bags,

14. ■ nursery pouches,
■ art papers, decorative papes
■ tissue papers, bond papers,
■ paper products like pen stands, table decorative, land shades etc.,
■ Banana fiber is used in manufacturing industries of handicrafts, home
decorative, door mats, table mats, Pooja and meditation mats.
■ Banana fiber is used in making dresses also

15. Different products

16. Financial Analysis

17. MARKET POTENTIAL
i) Demand and Supply Position-
■ World Banana production in the year 2004 was estimated at about 70 million tons.The world for
the banana production is as given in the figure below. Philippines and Japan are the countries
using banana fiber on large scale for commercial production of variety of textile items.
Philippines is also exporting huge quantity of readymade garments made from this fiber to
Japan, Singapore,Taiwan and all far East Asian countries.
ii) Expected Price-
■ Most of the textile manufacturing units are willing to pay Rs.210-250/kg for good quality banana
fiber.
Marketing Strategy
■ The main target of this product is textile and tissue manufacture industries where the product is
directly provided to the manufacturer by vehicle
■ The banana fibre is being used for weaving attractive pieces of clothes, rugs, sarees etc. Besides,
it is also being used to produce a variety of items such as hats, photo frames, trinket boxes, gift
bags, picture frames, hand bags, belts, baskets and sandals etc. Dresses woven out of natural
fibres are in great demand inside and outside India.

18. PLANT CAPACITY
Capacity utilization : 70%
Average daily production envisaged : 10 Kg cloth.
Working days/year : 25 days in a month and 300
days in a year.
Annual production
Door Mat : 1000 nos
Floor covering :1000 nos
Screen : 1600Mt.
Durry :1500 Nos.
INFRASTRUCTURE:
The major infrastructural requirement are :
Covered
area : 1200 Sq.ft.
Power : 5 KW.
MACHINERY:
The major equipment required are
S.No Particulars No's
1 Banana fiber extractor 2
2 Loom complete with all
accessories
4
3 Bobbin circle 1
4 Charkha 1
5 Bobbin 100
6 Pirn 100
7 Shuttle 8
8 Misc. items

19. TOTAL CAPITAL REQUIREMENT
The total capital requirement including fixed capital and working capital is estimated at
Rs.1.70 lakhs as follows. Of this, the project cost comprising fixed capital and margin
money on working capital is Rs.1.55 lakhs.
A) Fixed Capital :
Fixed Capital Rs in lakhs
Land and building Own
Plant and Machinery 0.90
Misc. Fixed assets 0.30
Preliminary & Pre-op.
Expenses
0.10
Total 1.30
Working capital Rs in lakhs
Raw materials and
packing materials
0.09
Finished goods 0.20
Working expenses 0.16
Receivables 0.25
total 0.70
Total(A+B) 1.70
B) Working Capital

20. Particulars Rs in lakhs
Raw Materials 1.60
Packing Materials 0.20
Utilities 0.40
Wages and salaries 1.50
Rent , Insurance 0.30
Other overheads, selling
expenses@
5% on annual
0.35
Sales 0.33
Interest on term
loam@12%
0.13
Interest on bank finance on
working capital@11%
0.05
Depreciation on 10% M/c 0.13
Total 4.99 lakhs
OPERATING EXPENSES
The annual operating expenses are estimated at
Rs 4.99 lakhs as given below :
Bank Finance (65%). - Rs. 0.45 lakh
Margin Money (35%). - Rs. 0.25 lakh.
Total. - Rs. 0.70 lakh.
Capital Cost of Project
Fixed Cost - Rs. 1.30 lakh
Margin Money for Working Capital - Rs. 0.25 lakh
Total : Rs. 1.55 lakh.
MEANS OF FINANCE
Promoter’s contribution (35%) - 0.55 lakh
Term Loan (65%) - 1.00 lakh.
Total - 1.55 lakh

21. S.No Items Quantity (No’ s) Returns(Rs) Rs in lakhs
1 Door Mat (13’ x 22’) 1000 60/- 0.60
2 Floor Covering (4’ x 6’) 1000 300/- 3.00
3 Screen 1600 150/- 0.80
4 Durry (2.5’ x 5.0’) 1500 50/- 2.25
5 Total 6.65 lakhs
SALES REALISATION
PROFITABILITY
Based on the sales realization of Rs 6.65 lakhs and the operating expenses of Rs 4.99
lakhs, the profit at rated capacity utilization would be Rs 1.66 lakhs per year. This works out to be return on
investment of 98%. The unit will break even at about 31% of the targeted annual production.
■ B : C = DISCOUNTED BENEFITS
DISCOUNTED COSTS
= 6.65lakhs/ 4.99 lakhs
= 1.5
B : C = 1.5 :1
■ AS THE BENEFIT COST RATIO IS >1 OUR PROJECT IS PROFITABLE
BENEFIT COST RATIO :

22. ECONOMICAND SOCIALVARIABLES
Employment Generation:
■ The project helps in generation of employment for both skilled and unskilled labors
■ Skilled labor -5, Watchman- 1, Technical officer- 1
Exports:
■ We are exporting banana fiber within the state and to other states of India. Supplying banana fiber as per the
demand within the state (A.P).
Local Resource Utilization.
■ We are utilizing the raw material from local areas. Also other resources like water, power etc.
from the local municipalities.
Development of the-Area.
■ Awareness among the farmers
■ Improvement in local resource utilization & management

23. SWOT ANALYSIS
STRENGTHS:
■ Availability of raw material
■ Skilled labor.
WEAKNESS:
■ Traditional technology
■ Inadequate marketing efforts by producers
■ Declining demand for banana fiber products
■ Mobility of labor to cashew processing industries
■ Inadequate role of government in market assistance
■ Inadequate understanding of consumer preferences in domestic market
■ Export demand and markets not understood by producers
■ Exploitation by traders

24. OPPORTUNITIES:
■ Demand for handicrafts
■ Demand for aesthetic products
■ Demand for natural and biodegradable products in response to
concern about environment and contamination
■ Mechanization of production
THREATS:
■ Growing demand for plastic products
■ Use of raw material by paper mill
ALTERNATIVE PLAN:
 In case of any loss occurs due to low demand and high
competition ,I will go for the production of other products
related to dairy and tissue culture etc,