Related Keywords: Hazarika, Ramie Research Station, textile fibre, vegetable fibres
The first ramie variety of fibre developed in Assam being named after its legendary singer late Bhupen Hazarika. His name will now have a textile connection too.
This is the first variety developed by Ramie Research Station, which was established at Barpeta district more than five-and-a-half decades ago. The research station is a sub-station of the Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibres, Barrackpore, West Bengal.
