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The first NTFIH in the country is officially launched
BY DOST-PTRI
The DOST - Philippine Textile Research Institute (DOST-PTRI), in partnership with the DOST-CAR, Apayao State College, and Municipality of Luna launched its first Natural Textile Fiber Innovation Hub (NTFIH) in Luna, Apayao on March 17, 2023.
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The NTFIH project under the DOST-GIA project “Integrated Community-scale Textile Fiber Innovation Hubs in Northern Luzon” Project 2 of the “DOST-PTRI Inclusive Innovation (I2) TELA Program” aims to validate and verify textile raw material extraction and processing technologies of banana and pineapple leaf sourced from Apayao.
The innovation hub is capable of processing from 10 – 40 kg/day of textile raw material for yarn spinning.
Likewse, DOST-PTRI with the DOST-CAR inked a partnership with the Luna Weavers Association as the handloom weaving community that will create prototype fabrics made from different natural textile fiber-based yarns.
Luna Weavers Association is a registered local commercial manufacturer of handwovenbased products for wearable textiles in Apayao. The local weaving community comprised of mainly local weavers will collaborate with DOST to create intricate handloom woven fabric designs using natural textile fiber-based yarns while providing income-generating, creative, and expressive activity.
The yarns will be coming from the banana and pineapple leaf fibers sourced and extracted from the Natural Textile Fiber Innovation Hub (NTFIH) in Apayao. The partnership with the weaving community is part of the DOST-GIA project, “Integrated Community-scale Textile Fiber Innovation
