Women and girls in industrial countries may have ready access to inexpensive menstrual pads, but such is not always the case in developing nations. That may soon change, however, thanks to the sisal ...

The fiber is used in engineering, construction, paper and plastics A nondescript, cactus-like plant, sisal is a $75 million crop that is grown on three continents and harvested for its leaves, which ...

With a global production value of $75 million, the sisal plant has transformed the fiber export industry.

Dar Es Salaam — The Tanzania Sisal Board has set aside US$ 31.1 million to increase the capacity of its sisal biogas electricity plants to contribute power generation in the country. This move is ...

In the farm in Tanzania, men are responsible for cutting sisal plants and transporting them to various farm sites. Zhao Yanrong / China Daily Chinese-Tanzanian farm gets ready for peak production as ...

KIBWEZI, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Kenyan farmer Sam Mung'ala once struggled to feed his family by growing cowpeas and sorghum. These days he is betting on a new type of merchandise: ...

Tanga — Tanzania has registered considerable success in testing the use of sisal waste in generating electricity. The ongoing pilot project titled "Cleaner Integral Utilisation of Sisal Waste for ...

A plant grown as a crop in East Africa and traditionally used for making ropes for ships could aid the restoration of peat bog in Shetland. Tubes made from sisal have been used to dam burns to ...

Kenyans producing, selling or even using plastic bags risk imprisonment of up to four years or fines of $40,000 KIBWEZI, Kenya, June 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Kenyan farmer Sam Mung'ala once ...