With seed sowing process of jute nearing completion in all five districts of Rangpur agriculture region, cultivation of the crop is going on in full swing. This season, a target of producing over 6.77 ...

Although the present government is committed to bringing back the glory of jute, once called the ‘Golden Fibre of Bangladesh’, the pledge has not turned into a reality as jute cultivation is declining ...

JAGATSINGHPUR: Jute cultivation has dropped by 80 per cent in the district over the last seven years, thanks to distress sale, loss coupled with lack of marketing linkages which have sent farmers away ...

Farmers have been regaining their interest in jute cultivation over the past few years as both the price and demand for the golden fibre are rising at home and abroad. With environmental awareness ...

Farmers in the Tarai-Madhes region are gradually losing interest in cultivation of jute, which was once the major cash crop of the region. Especially, jute cultivation was widely done in Sunsari, ...

For 2012-13 crop year, the National Jute Board has voiced its concern that production of jute in the country is expected to decline by 12% to 90 lakh bales. This decline in production can be ...

Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdus Shahid said jute production has increased by 3.3 million bales in the last decade due to the jute-friendly policy of the government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ...

Even as raw jute production is estimated to be up by nearly 55 per cent rise this year, jute mills are curtailing production because of the mismatch between the market prices of raw jute and the price ...

Kolkata is famously known as the Jute Capital of the World due to its historic leadership in jute manufacturing and trade. Located near the fertile Ganges Delta, the city benefits from ideal ...