Various retting process and the quality of saluyot fiber in Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro
Keywords:
sustainable fiber processing, natural fiber quality, retting techniques, local fiber utilization, agricultural sustainabilityAbstract
This study aimed to assess the quality of saluyot fiber using running water and stagnant water in its retting processes. The quality is a broad concept, and the researchers limit it in terms of the saluyot fiber’s tensile strength h, temperature resistance, color, absorbency, and sustainability. After the various retting processes have been applied and the quality has been assessed, differences in the quality will also be determined. It was an experimental research design under a quantitative approach where the investigation was carried out at Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro with nine participants who were chosen to evaluate the quality of the experiments.
The researchers utilized a researcher-made questionnaire with 4-Point Likert scale for rating and interpretation for temperature resistance, absorbency, and sustainability based on the available resources and adapted a standardized questionnaire for the two remaining variables which are tensile strength, and color. The researcher-made questionnaire passed through the process of content validity and reliability tests before it was handed out to the participants. In this study, they also utilized several statistical tools for treating the collected data which includes the mean and t-test. The findings of this study revealed that the retting process using running and stagnant water gives a good quality of the saluyot fiber.
The result of this study shows that there is a significant difference between the quality of saluyot fiber extracted when retting in running water and stagnant water in terms of tensile strength, temperature resistance, color, absorbency, and sustainability.
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