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TRAINING-FARMERS-JUTE (with picture)
Govt working to revive past glory of jute: experts
RANGPUR, July 5, 2020 (BSS) – Experts at a training workshop here
today said the government is implementing various programmes for
expanding cultivation and enhancing production of jute to revive the
past glory of the ‘golden fiber’.
They were addressing the event ‘Increasing production of
high-yielding varieties of jute and jute seeds adopting improved
technology’ arranged abiding by health directives at Town Hall
auditorium in the city.
District administration and Directorate of Jute organised the event
participated by 100 selected male and female farmers of Rangpur Sadar
upazila.
Deputy Commissioner Md. Asib Ahsan attended it as the chief guest
with Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer Israt Sadia Shumi in the chair.
Principal Scientific Officer at Rangpur regional station of
Bangladesh Jute Research Institute Dr. Abul Fazal Mollah, Deputy
Director of the Department of Agricultural Extension Dr. Md. Sarwarul
Haque and Assistant Director of the Directorate of Jute Saiful Islam
also spoke.
District Jute Development Officer AKM Mahbub Alam Biswas gave the
welcome speech.
Dr. Abul Fazal Mollah called for producing quality jute seeds and
making those available at the farmers’ level to expand cultivation of
the fiber crop.
Dr. Md. Sarwarul Haque said a farmer can produce 12 to 15 mounds of
jute fiber from one bigha of land using high quality jute seeds and
latest farming technologies.
“The farmers should adopt the ribbon retting technologies for
rotting and separation of the fiber in only nine days during droughts
or water scarcity to get maximum output with upgraded quality of the
fiber,” he added.
The chief guest said diversified use of jute products continues
increasing its local demand following adverse impacts of synthetic
fiber on environment ushering in a new hope for revival of the past
glory of the ‘golden’ fiber in the country.
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