Study Visit to Bamboo & Fibre Board
Forestry students of BSc 3rd year 6th semester (2016-2020) of Dolphin Institute led by faculty members, Dr.Anil Uniyal, Dr.Sandhya Goswami and Prof. Sas Biswas made study visit on 23rd May 2019 to Bamboo & Fibre Board, Govt. of Uttarakhand.
Highlights
– Extraction of fibre from “kandali”, Girardiana diversifolia, a common plant of outskirts of forests in hills and surrounding
– Studied as how the machine in a pilot plant process the bast to fibre to wool-like fibre to threading to finish product as cloth. See pic
– Novelty and other products/ items crafted from bamboo and cane.
– Extension materials as hand outs provide inspiring information to visitors on the produce to develop a startup.