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Identification and Review of Downstream Options for the Recovery of Value from Fibre Producing Plants: Hemp, Kenaf and Bamboo

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  • Jennifer Broadhurst
  • Tapiwa Chimbganda
  • Gregory Hangone

    (Minerals to Metals, University of Cape Town
    Assoc. Professor)

Abstract

This specific report provides a review of the publicly available information on the products that can be generated from fibre-based plants, as well as the processes and technologies used to generate these products from the cultivated plant biomass. Fibre crops are typically classified by the part of the plant which produces the fibre, with the types of products and production processes being similar for plants falling under the same classification. This review focuses on the simultaneous generation of multiple products from bast fibre plants, kenaf and hemp (Section 2), and the grass fibre, bamboo (Section 3). Consideration is also given to the potential options for the recovery of phyto-extracted metals (Section 4).

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  • Jennifer Broadhurst & Tapiwa Chimbganda & Gregory Hangone, 2019. "Identification and Review of Downstream Options for the Recovery of Value from Fibre Producing Plants: Hemp, Kenaf and Bamboo," Working Papers copwp201903, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit.
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    1. Haroon Bhorat & Francois Steenkamp & Caitlin Allen & Robert Hill & Christopher Rooney, 2019. "Building Economic Complexity in the South African Fibrous Plant Economy," Working Papers copwp201904, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit.

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