Abaca
Abacá ( ah-bə-KAH; Filipino: Abaka [ɐbɐˈka]), binomial name Musa textilis, is a species of banana native to the Philippines, grown as a commercial crop in the Philippines, Ecuador, and Costa Rica. The plant, also known as Manila hemp, has great economic importance, being harvested for its fiber, also called Manila hemp, extracted from the leaf-stems. Abacá is also the traditional source of lustrous fiber hand-loomed into various indigenous textiles in the Philippines like t'nalak, as well as colonial-era sheer luxury fabrics known as nipis. They are also the source of fibers for sinamay, a loosely woven stiff material used for …
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DIIS: Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier · 21 February 2024 English
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RFF: Resources for the Future · 20 February 2024 English
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The emissions inventory model is the Air Benefit and Cost and Attainment Assessment System—Emission Inventory (ABaCAS-EI) … We multiply these results by the energy emission factors in the ABaCAS-EI emissions inventory to yield sectoral pollutant …
Brookings Institution · 20 February 2024 English
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EU: European Union · 19 February 2024 English
other textile fibres of the genus Agave; — coconut, abaca, ramie and other vegetable textile fibres; — synthetic …
EU: European Union · 9 February 2024 English
other textile fibres of the genus Agave; — coconut, abaca, ramie and other vegetable textile fibres; — synthetic …
EU: European Union · 24 January 2024 English
textile fibres of the genus Agave; – coconut, abaca, ramie and other vegetable textile fibres; – synthetic …
EU: European Union · 18 January 2024 English
other textile fibres of the genus Agave; — coconut, abaca, ramie and other vegetable textile fibres; — synthetic …
EU: European Union · 12 January 2024 English
textile fibres of the genus Agave, – coconut, abaca, ramie and other vegetable textile fibres, – synthetic …
UN: The United Nations · 21 December 2023 English
6 p.Adopted without vote, 49th plenary meeting
lesser-known natural plant fibres, such as jute, abaca, coir, kenaf, sisal, hemp, ramie and flax, Noting …
UN: The United Nations · 21 December 2023 Spanish
6 p.Adopted without vote, 49th plenary meeting
vegetales naturales menos conocidas, como el yute, el abacá, el bonote, el kenaf, el sisal, el cáñamo, el ramio …
