Badana addresses the specific technological problems of the SME participants through the following objectives:

• To develop high-quality banana fibre suitable to be applied to polymer processing such as injection moulding and rotational moulding.

• To develop efficient and automated equipment for banana-fibre extraction.

• To develop new industrial applications for the wastes from banana plants (false stem or leaves), thereby adding value for the benefit of the SMEs agricultural sector.

• To increase the competitiveness of SMEs with new cost-effective eco-efficient materials.

• To increase the technology level and competitiveness of the EU SME injection moulders, rotational moulders, compounders, farmers and end users through increased transnational collaboration, facilitating the production of value-added products.