Agro-waste valorisation
One discarded plant stem. Eleven product lines.
Greenroot Organic Plants Products Ltd (RC 9154625) processes discarded banana and plantain pseudostems into construction reinforcement fibre, packaging stock, household goods and food produce. We also offer a turnkey operator model for publicly funded production and training centres.
- 11
- Product lines
- 1
- Raw material
- Bayelsa
- Base of operations
How the loop works
Three steps, and the money stays in the community at every one of them.
- Stems bought from farmers Plantain and banana farmers sell the fruit bunch and are left with the stem. Greenroot registers those households and buys the stem, at rates published ahead of each buying season.
- Processing into fibre and pulp Mechanical decortication, washing, drying and grading produce construction fibre, pulp for paper, and residue that becomes mushroom substrate.
- Manufacturing, at the centre and at home The centre runs the machine lines. Trained community producers make bags, mats, footwear and cushions at home from starter kits, and Greenroot buys the qualifying output.
Who we work with
Four ways into the business
Choose the route that matches what you need from us.
Industrial & B2B Buyers
Graded reinforcement fibre for Plaster of Paris ceiling board, pulp stock for packaging, and utility twine.
Public Sector & Funders
A turnkey operator model for state agencies, legislators and empowerment programmes that fund production centres.
Consumer Products
Footwear, woven bags, mats, cushions, oyster mushrooms and processed palm larvae made from the same raw material.
Farmers & Producers
Stem buyback for plantain and banana farming households, and guaranteed offtake for trained cottage producers.
Why the stem is worth buying
A plantain farmer earns once, from the bunch. The stem that carried it then has to be cut down and cleared, which costs the household labour and returns nothing. Left on the farm it rots, breeds pests near dwellings and releases methane.
Processed instead, that same stem yields long natural fibre, pulp and organic substrate. Buying it gives the farming household a second income from a plant it has already harvested, and gives Greenroot a renewable raw material that is produced continuously across the region.
