Plant Fibre Processing

A handbook

Cyril Jarman

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English

ITDG Publishing
15 December 1998

Leather & fur technology; Textile & fibre technology

Series: Small-scale Textiles

This is the last of the Small-scale Textile series and covers the pre-spinning processes which make plant fibres suitable for textile manufacture. The book includes not only familiar plant fibres such as cotton, sisal and jute, but also less well known fibres from plants such as Himalayan nettle, pineapple leaf and kenaf, which are of great value to small communities where they are used for both utilitarian and decorative purposes. As well as extraction and other pre-spinning processes, there is background information on the growing areas, soil and climatic requirements and methods of harvesting, and details of equipment suppliers and sources of further information.

By: Cyril Jarman
Imprint: ITDG Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 297mm, Width: 211mm, Spine: 6mm
Weight: 215g
ISBN: 9781853393853
ISBN 10: 1853393851
Series: Small-scale Textiles
Pages: 64
Publication Date: 15 December 1998
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Plant Fibre Processing: A handbook

"""This handbook presents no-nonsense introductory information for those working to help the rural poor in developing countries generate income. Almost every tropical and sub-tropical vegetable fiber (hemp to abaca) for rope, twine, and baskets. Learn about extraction, grading and processing. Includes elegant drawings and access information for equipment suppliers in the Phillippines, India, Columbia, Northern Ireland, and the UK, and ag-research organizations in a dozen countries.""--Whole Earth Magazine"