Related Keywords: jute, jute farmers, labour shortage, new jute price, Nilphamari district, processing cost, processing of jute, target jute cultivation
A long process is required to get jute fibre for marketing and the jute farmers are now engaged in the process. Processing of jute is going on in full swing despite acute labour shortage in Nilphamari district in Northern Bangladesh.
The labour shortage has lead to increase in the remuneration of a labour to Tk 400 per day as a result processing cost also gone up.
