The John Deere company has been one of the world's largest buyers of henequen since it first became available. Its use for baling hay is unsurpassed. It's not nice to fool Mother Nature. While there will always be a demand for henequen products, new ones are unlikely. Dr. Banos, suggests two ways it can become a viable industry.
Industry needs to find a way to raise the price of the fiber.
This would seem to be difficult considering the worldwide competition. One problem is the low production in the campo. It would take an annual production of 36,000 to 40,000 tons annually to supply demand and a living wage for them. Since the individual producer shares very little in the profits of the industry, an incentive might increase production. If they formed cooperatives to sell directly to the international markets, which would encourage more production.