Jute and Hard Fibres

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Hard fibres include primarily sisal and henequen, abaca and coir. Other hard fibres, produced in smaller quantities are not generally included in the data and analysis on these pages.

		Joint Meeting of the 35th Session of the Intergovernmental Group on Hard Fibres and the 37th Session of the Intergovernmental Group on Jute, Kenaf and Allied Fibres 20/10/2009 - 22/10/2009 (Pasay City, Philippines) [ more... ]

		International Year of Natural Fibres 2009 The International Year of Natural Fibres 2009 was officially launched on 22 January 2009 at FAO in Rome. [ more... ]

		Symposium on Natural Fibres 20 October 2008. Proceedings of the Symposium are now available. [ more... ]

		FAO welcomes UN Resolution on International Year of Natural Fibres 2009 [ more... ]

		Fibres Statistical Data-base and Statistical Bulletins Time series data on production, consumption, trade, etc of jute and hard fibres is provided in Statistical Bulletins, and is now available from an on-line data-base. [ more... ]

		January/February 2007: Intergovernmental Group on Hard Fibres, Intergovernmental Group on Jute, Kenaf and Allied Fibres The Joint Meeting of the Intergovernmental Group on Hard Fibres (Thirty-fourth Session) and of the Intergovernmental Group on Jute, Kenaf and Allied Fibres (Thirty-sixth Session) was held in Rome, Italy, February 2007. [ more... ]

		Commodity Note: Jute and Hard Fibres: Market Analysis A note outlining the current market situation was presented to the Consultation on Natural Fibres held in Rome, January 2007. [ more... ]

		IGG on Jute; IGG on Hard Fibres The IGGs normally meet jointly every two years. Formal meetings of Intergovernmental Groups are open only to accredited delegates of member countries and officially-recognised observers. Informal discussions organised in conjunction with IGG meetings are open to all. [ more... ]

		E-Mail Forum: Information Exchange on Natural Fibres This mailing list provides a forum for the exchange of information on natural fibres: jute, kenaf, sisal, abaca, coir, flax, hemp, etc. [ more... ]

		Research and development projects on natural fibres We are developing a data base on research and development on jute, hard fibres and potentially other entities as well, incorporated into the large ECOPORT database system. [ more... ]

		Hard Fibre Projects financed by the Common Fund for Commodities The Intergovernmental Group on Hard Fibres is a designated International Commodity Body (ICB) under the rules of the Common Fund for Commodities. In this capacity, it promotes and supervises projects on Hard Fibres. [ more... ]

		Alternative Applications for Sisal and Henequen Proceedings of a Seminar held by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC)at FAO, Rome, 13 December 2000. [ more... ]

		Coir Processing Technologies The publication: Coir Processing Technologies: Improvement of drying, softening, bleaching and dyeing coir fibre/yarn and printing coir floor coverings which was published in mid-2002 as the Common Fund for Commodities Technical Paper No 6 (in conjunction with FAO) is available here. [ more... ]

		Application of Natural Fibre Composites in the Development of Rural Societies This is a previously unpublished (2001) report in which a strategy is introduced to increase the yield of the traditional fibre industry of rural societies. [ more... ]


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