"Dream Future, Think Eco, Act Kenaf"

Kenaf atau nama saintifiknya Hibiscus cannabinus merupakan sejenis tanaman jangka pendek yang berasal dari Afrika (barat Sudan) dengan sejarah tanaman ini yang melebihi 4,000 tahun. Kenaf tergolong dalam famili Malvaceae dan berada di bawah genus Hibiscus yang mempunyai persamaan dengan tanaman kacang bendi dan juga kapas. Secara morfologi, kenaf mempunyai kaitan yang rapat dengan tanaman roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa). Kenaf boleh hidup subur di kebanyakan tanah di negara ini. Kenaf juga banyak di tanam secara komersial di China, Myanmar, India, Bangladesh dan Thailand. Di Malaysia, tanaman ini mula mendapat perhatian sebagai bahan mentah alternatif dan mesra alam bagi sektor industri berasaskan sumber hutan dan petroleum.

Bagi memastikan usaha-usaha pembangunan dan pengkomersialan kenaf bagi menggantikan tanaman tembakau berjaya, kerajaan perlu memberi sokongan yang padu kepada penanaman kenaf, sama seperti sokongan yang telah diberikan kepada penanam tembakau. Tanaman kenaf dilihat sebagai lebih berpotensi dan stabil berbanding tanaman – tanaman lain bagi menggantikan tanaman tembakau sebagai sumber pertumbuhan baru (New Source Of Growth).

Dalam usaha mempromosikan tanaman kenaf bagi menggantikan tanaman tembakau, Lembaga Kenaf dan Tembakau Negara (LKTN) perlu disusun semula untuk mengambil alih fungsi baru iaitu menggalakkan tanaman kenaf melalui Lembaga Kenaf Tembakau Negara (LKTN).

• 2007 International Symposium on Kenaf and Allies Fibres June 19-21, 2007, Xiamen, China
• Jute, Kenaf and Allied Fibers: IJSG’s Role in Their Overall Development
  by A F M Sarwar Kamal - Secretary General, IJSG
  
• Summary of Kenaf Cultivation Research at Kochi University
  by Kazuhiko Sameshima - Kochi University, Kochi, Japan
  
• Malaysian Malaysian Kenaf Downstream R&D: Are We Heading Towards the Right Downstream Direction?
  by Jalaluddin H., Mohd Shahwahid H. O. dan Paridah M.T. - UPM
  
• Jute, Kenafand Allied Fibres: A globallyreliableresourcefornewapplications?
  by Peter Clasen
  
• Bt. Transgenetic Kenaf and Its Genetic Stability
  by Xu Jian Jian-Tang and Qi Jian Jian-Min - Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China
  
• Feasibility of Kenaf Cultivation
  by Mohd Shahwahid H.O dan Jalaluddin H.
  
• The Protection, Study and Utilization of Kenaf(Hibiscus cannabinus) Germplasm in China
  by SU Jianguang and DAI Zhigang - Institute of BastFiber Crops（IBFC）
  Gong Youcai and Chen Jiquan - Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)
  
• GROWTH, FLOWERING AND SEED PRODUCTION OF KENAF (Hibiscus cannabinusL.) VARIETIES
  by Nor Aini Ab Ab. Shukor, Hazandy Abdul Hamid (UPM) dan Mohd. Fadzhel Mohd Nasir (LKTN)
  
• Composition, Properties and Applications of Agave Americana Plant Fibre Grown in South Africa
  by Boguslavsky A.,Barkhuysen F., Boguslavsky L. (CSIR Materials Science and Manufacturing Operating Unit, GomeryAvenue, Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth 6001, South Africa.) and Grzeskowiak, V. (CSIR Natural Resources and Environment Operating Unit, 359 King George V Avenue off Francois Road, Glenwood 4001, Durban, South Africa.)
  
• Progress of Cytoplasmic Male Sterile Lines and Their Heterosis Utilization in Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinusL.)
  by Prof. Ruiyang ZHOU (Guangxi University,CHINA)
  
• Development of Intron Polymorphism Markers
  by Weiren Wu - College of Crop Science Fujian Agriculture & Forestry University
  
• Development of kenaf harvesting/ Collection and transportation
  by TEN SENG TEIK - MECHANIZATION AND AUTOMATION RESEARCH CENTRE MARDI MALAYSIA
  
• Renewable Energy from Fibrous Residues
  by ResiduesPaul ChenPaul Chen, , FeiFeiYu, Kevin Hennessy, and Roger Yu, Ruan - Center for Biorefining, Department of Bioproducts and BiosystemsEngineering University of Minnesota, USA
  
• Regenerated Cellulose Fibers from Agricultural Crops and Residues
  by YanChen, LiangfengSun, IoanNegulescu - School of Human Ecology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
  
• Polymer Composites Reinforced by Kenaf Fiber, Modified by Novel Polymeric Coupling Agent
  by Shin-ichiKuroda*, YajuanTian and Hitoshi Kubota - Graduate School of Engineering, Gunma University
  
• PROPERTIES OF KENAF BOARD UTILISING BAST FIBRES AND CORE
  by Paridah Md. Tahir, NorHafizah Abd. Wahab dan Jalaluddin Harun - UPM
  
• Super absorbent Polymers Derived from Kenaf
  by Wang Dan - Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, Chinese Academy of Forestry , China
  
• Selection of Bio-chemical Pulping Fungi for Kenaf
  by KenafYunxiongZhang Ph.D - College of Chemistry & Environmental Engineering, Changsha University of Science & Technology
  
• Chemical Mechanical Pulps from Kenaf & Jute for Paper Industry
  by Dr. Eric Chao Xu - Andritz Inc. R&D Lab
  
• Liquid Ammonia Processing of hemp fiber and dying performance
  by HuaZhang, JiangchunZhang - The quartermaster institute of the general logistics department of the PLA
  
• JUTE & KENAF: FIBERS OF THE FUTUREJUTE FUTURE
  by Latifa Binte Lutfar & Shamsuddin Ahmad - International Jute Study Group
  
• Biomaterial Utilization of Jute and Kenaf
  by Fang Pinging, QiJianmin - Fujian Agriculture and ForestryUniversity
  
• THE POTENTIAL OF KENAF AND ALLIED FIBRES IN SWAZILAND
  by Dr. Alex Boguslavsky - University of Swaziland
  
• Analysis on Function Groups of KenafFiber Lignin by FTIR
  by Tingting YAN - DonghuaUniversity, Shanghai
  
• Quality Standard of Kenaf and Allied Fibers
  by Aimin Liu
  
• Persidangan Antarabangsa Prospek Jute dan Kenaf di Dhaka Bangladesh, 6-13 Februari 2009

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