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The jute cultivation and jute industry that faced huge losses and shortage in production due to floods in West Bengal last year is a cause of concern for the government as the price of jute, that is one of the cheapest items India produces, is on rise, said a senior official in the Ministry of Textiles.

Raw jute prices have already touched an unprecedented high of Rs 54,000 a tonne, twice the level of Rs 27,000 per tonne in the year-ago period. Mill owners and traders feel commercial intervention by JCI would spike raw jute prices to the level of Rs 60000 a tonne.

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The Pakistan jute industry is looking for government support in technical infrastructure for industry along with guidance and long term policy support for jute cultivation to substitute import of raw material, exports of jute products after value addition which can earn handsome amount of foreign exchange for the country, which currently stands at around $14 million according to Saqlain Akhtar, Senior Vice President of Pakistan Jute Mills Association (PJMA).

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The decline in jute demand has led to closure of some mills in India while affecting production and has rendered over 1 lakh workers jobless. Reeling under the impact of severe demand crisis, jute manufacturers have urged the government to take immediate measures to revive the industry.

Related Keywords: Agriculture Extension Department, fair price, green jute, inadequate rainfall, jute cultivation, Jute grower, jute plant, jute rotting

During the peak period of monsoon, much to the worry of the growers in many districts is inadequate rainfall hampering jute rotting seriously as jute plants are drying up in the fields.
 
According to Agriculture Extension Department, this season jute cultivation target was fixed on 15,863 hectare of land but 14,265 hectares of land were brought under plantation in seven upazilas of the district.
 

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Swisscontact, a Zurich-based organization have joined hands with Bangladesh Jute Research Institute (BJRI) and the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) for promotion of improved jute cultivation and retting practices by signing a two-year tripartite agreement.
 
Manish Pandey, regional director for South Asia and country director for Bangladesh of Swisscontact; and Md Kamal Uddin, director general of BJRI; and Md Abu Hanif Miah, director general of the DAE, signed the agreement yesterday.
 

Related Keywords: AED, Deshi, fabric varieties, golden fibre, international market, jute cultivation, jute farmers of Barisal, Kenaf, Mesta

With the cultivation of jute on 1, 94,880 hectares of land, it seems that jute farmers of Barisal would get good returns of their agricultural product. The farmers have approached the government for co-operation to check the flow of low quality seeds during the sowing season and expansion of national and international market.