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Kenaf – A 21st century crop

Posted on 21. Mar, 2010 by admin in crop

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Kenaf, should be the fibre crop of the 21st century, and hopefully explode into the market place for industrial products made from sustainable natural materials. Several multinational companies already use kenaf fibre in small, but growing quantities, in newly-marketed green products such as the Toyota Lexus and NEC mobile phones to replace environmentally-damaging materials.

Crucially, the green tag attached to kenaf is gaining more importance as people, companies and governments realize that the kenaf crop removes substantial amounts of CO2 and NO2 from the atmosphere and three to five times faster than forests with its deep roots improving the soil. Trees take many years to reach a harvestable size, however kenaf grown as an annual crop will reach a mature size in just 120 to 150 days after the seeds are sown, producing the largest biomass of any agricultural crop – far more than trees.

It can clean the environment efficiently and in some Japanese cities, kenaf is planted by the Government to improve the air quality. Kenaf will also greatly reduce our reliance on wood pulp and petroleum-based products. From construction board and concrete to plastic composites for mobile phones, from paper and light-weight, high-strength surfaces in aircraft to non woven industrial fabrics, from newspaper to absorbents for the oil industry. Commerce is waiting for the sustainable kenaf fibre in large quantities.

The kenaf plant is composed of multiple useful components (e.g. stalks, leaves, and seeds) and within each of these plant components there are various usable portions (e.g. fibres and fibre strands, proteins, oils, and allelopathic chemicals). What can’t be harvested can be used as Biomass fuel and fertilizer

Exciting New Technologies

In the past kenaf fibre production has been limited by the manual processing required to extract the fibres once the kenaf crop has been grown and harvested and the non-sustainable method of retting the fibres in rivers. New methods are now becoming available to process kenaf in volume providing a distinct advantage over existing processes, taking them to a new economical viability.

Green Planets and our partners intention is not to compete with other existing kenaf producers or processors, but to enlarge the industry and provide new opportunities for kenaf fibres. In most of the countries chosen, there are existing kenaf customers, we aim to enhance those relationships and the export routes for kenaf to developed nations. While at the same time create locally-owned hubs of agricultural excellence, kenaf business and community social support for the growers.

To find out more and how you can assist us, please contact us at www.kenaf@greenplanet.com

Kenaf is a crop of importance – to a world in need of it

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Mayra – We All Agree, Pass The Middle Class Tax Cuts.


 

 
 
Mayra – We All Agree, Pass The Middle Class Tax Cuts
“I’ve got a mandate to help middle-class families and families that are working hard to try to get into the middle class. That’s my mandate. That’s what the American people said. They said: Work really hard to help us.”
– President Obama, November 14th 2012Right now, working really hard to help the middle class means keeping taxes low for 98% of American families who are otherwise staring down a $2,000 tax increase on January 1 — if Congress doesn’t act.

This debate is about you, so it ought to feature your voices. Use #My2k on twitter or share your story at wh.gov/taxes
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Dear Senators: Patty Murray,Maria Cantwell and Rep.McDermott


Dear Senate Democratic members of Congress you say you are on our side…

“…a vexing question that we’ve got to address.”
Of the more than 15 million Americans out of work, 1.5 million have exhausted all four
tiers of state and Federal unemployment insurance benefits. These men and women are
called the 99ers, and the President’s Council of Economic Advisers estimates that their
ranks will grow by an additional four million by the end of next year.
The job creation engines that power America’s economy are running idle. This chart shows
the unprecedented gap between the number of people looking for work, and the number
of job openings across the country.
In a recent interview, Austan Goolsbee, chairman of the CEA, referred to the problem of
the 99ers as “a vexing question that we’ve got to address.”
Unfortunately, the recent framework deal struck between President Obama and Senate
Republicans does not address the question. While it does fund a temporary extension of
unemployment insurance, it limits recipients to 99 weeks of benefits.
We’re asking you, our members of Congress, to address this vexing question.
We’re asking you to extend a lifeline to the men and women of this country who have been
left destitute in the wake of this recession.
We’re asking you to prevent four million workers and their families from joining the ranks
of the 99ers.
Please eliminate the 99 week restriction
on unemployment benefits.
Our nation’s job crisis didn’t just disappear after 99 weeks. The lifeline that could keep
millions of people out of poverty can’t just disappear after 99 weeks, either