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Related Keywords: crisis of quality seed, crop diversification, current season in Rangpur region, Department of Agriculture extension, Deshi variety fibre, fixed target of producing over seven lakh jute bales, hampering sowing of jute seed, high price, lack of soil moisture, prolonged drought-like situation, Tosha variety jute fibre

The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has fixed a target of producing over 7.10 lakh bales of jute from 65,260 hectares of land for the current season in Rangpur, Kurigram, Gaibandha, Lalmonirhat and Nilphamari districts under Rangpur region. Under the programme, the farmers to produce over 6.57 lakh bales of ‘Tosha’ variety jute fibre from 59,509 hectares of land and 53,255 bales of ‘Deshi’ variety fibre from 5,751 hectares of land in the region this year.

According to the DAE sources, harvest of the fibre crop will begin from the next month.

Related Keywords: high price, huge stock, Indian Jute mill association, jute bags, jute bags from West Bengal mills, Jute Packaging Materials Act, packaging of foodgrain, West Bengal jute mills

West Bengal jute mills are sitting on huge stocks, even after operating as only a third of capacity. According to rules, it is compulsory that 90 per cent of packaging of foodgrain be done in jute bags but the Punjab government is refraining from purchasing jute bags used for foodgrain packing. Punjab which is the largest buyer of jute bags from West Bengal mills. In addition, orders from the sugar sector have dried up due to which the jute sector in West Bengal is faced with crisis.

Related Keywords: African suppliers, CITI, cotton import, domestic market, high price, Indian mills, Shankar-6 variety, Texprocil, transport cost

Cotton import is likely to double at 1.5 million bales (a bale is 170 kg) in the current cotton year (October 2013-September 2014), as compared to 0.7 million bales the previous year, due to the higher prices in the domestic market than abroad, according to the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI).
 
The benchmark Shankar-6 variety is trading at Rs 11,642 a quintal, in comparison with the landed cost in southern ports at Rs 11,000 a quintal.