Bananas in Pakistan's Bioeconomy: Transforming Waste into Textile

Accelerating bioeconomy transition in the Pakistan textile sector by transforming banana pseudo stem waste into economically viable and socially beneficial fibre and promoting Sustainable Agriculture Practices (SAP) in banana cultivation.

Financial mechanism

GEF

Date of approval

2024

Status

Project approved

URL

https://www.thegef.org/projects-operations/projects/11172

Countries

Pakistan

Implementing organisations

FAO

Project ID

11172

GEF project type

Full size

GEF project phase

GEF - 8

GEF Cofinancing

$17.029.800

GEF project grant

$3.272.018

Executing Agencies

Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority (SMEDA)