Sisal fibre now fetches upto Ksh 100 per kilo in the local market and the fibre is environment friendly and can be used as organic compost manure. The world’s leading sisal producing countries ...

A woman carries sisal fibre waste from a factory in Baringo. World cotton demand is still running ahead of supply. FILE Kabati division farmers of Kitui West District are a keen lot.

From there we shall issue directions,” Mr Rotich said. The factory, which was started in 1962, produces 14 tonnes of sisal and fibre daily. It is the only sisal processing factory in the Rift ...

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The factory, which produces sisal fiber and sacks, is found in Akaki town, 35 kms east of Addis Ababa. The privatization board of PPESA last month approved the sale.

SISAL has been used to produce fibre which has, all along, been exported for manufacture of various sophisticated items in the developed world. Although introduced in Africa around the 15th ...

Sisal rugs have become the jeans of home decor. You can dress them up, dress them down and layer them. And you can afford them. "Sisal speaks to a casual lifestyle," says Eileen Applebaum, Crate ...