Harvesting opportunities under growing adversities of climate change and taking agriculture from subsistence to solvency, thereby empowering farmers living in challenged environments require a thorough understanding of the inherent strengths of local plant varieties based on adaptation. Sisal (Agave sisalana) is such a xerophytic perennial plant of commercial importance that can be successfully grown in barren, gravelly wastelands, including sloppy forest lands, where no other agricultural crops can be grown successfully and provide good returns to the marginal farmers and economically backward forest-dwellers.
Natural Fibre from Agave (Sisal) Leaf
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