CEBU, Philippines - The Fiber Industry Development Authority (FIDA) in the Samar-Leyte region, is calling on the local governments in the area and the national government to help it combat a disease ...

Fiber from a relative of the banana tree could replace plastic in millions of face masks and hospital gowns the world is making to fight the coronavirus. Abaca -- a fiber from the Philippines used in ...

The fibre, stripped from the trunks of the abaca tree, was used for saltwater-resistant ship ropes and Manila envelopes in the 19th century. Up to 30% of Japan’s banknotes are made of it and abaca ...

Fiber from a relative of the banana tree—the abaca—could replace plastic in millions of face masks and hospital gowns the world is making to fight the coronavirus. Abaca—a fiber from the Philippines ...

FIBER from a relative of the banana tree could replace plastic in millions of face masks and hospital gowns the world is making to fight the coronavirus. Abaca—a fiber from the Philippines used in ...

It looks like a banana tree. It has trunks, leaves, and color like a banana tree but it will drive you mad waiting for a banana fruit to grow from it. Even pigs could not digest its trunks. It is ...

BOGOTA, Feb 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Susana Quinonez was born and raised on an abaca tree plantation along Ecuador's western coast where back-breaking work and extreme poverty were what passed ...

Fiber from a relative of the banana tree could replace plastic in millions of face masks and hospital gowns the world is making to fight the coronavirus. Abaca -- a fiber from the Philippines used in ...

A preliminary study by the Department of Science and Technology showed abaca paper to be more water-resistant than a commercial N-95 mask, and to have pore sizes within the US Centers for Disease ...

Fiber from a relative of the banana tree could replace plastic in millions of face masks and hospital gowns the world is making to fight the coronavirus. Abaca -- a fibre from the Philippines used in ...