Poor rainfall this monsoon has prompted the state government to issue an advisory to jute farmers to dig up small ponds on their land and arrange water for retting jute. Retting of jute is a kind of ...

Growers are facing trouble in retting raw jute as a lack of rainfall has reduced the availability of natural waterbodies, affecting the quality of the eco-friendly fibre being produced, according to ...

Ribbon retting, a method for rotting jute plants with less water, remains virtually ineffective as farmers find the new method more costly than the traditional way of rotting jute. As many as 1500 ...

Dhaka, July 1 (bdnews24.com) – Agriculture minister Matia Chowdhury revealed on Thursday that 15 lakh farmers of 28 districts will receive Tk 300 million in special farm incentive to switch to the ...

Dhaka, June 23 (bdnews24.com) – Following their success in genome sequencing of jute, the Bangladesh Jute Research Institute is now trying to invent a technology that will allow jute retting with less ...

, July 26 -- A severe water crisis in Lalmonirhat, despite the ongoing monsoon, is significantly disrupting the crucial retting process of jute, leaving farmers worried about potential financial ...

Kurigram, July 24 -- Once hailed as the 'golden fiber' of Bangladesh, jute is now fighting for survival in Fulbari upazila of Kurigram district, as a persistent water crisis stalls the crucial retting ...

With the intervention of IJIRA's 'Subhra', a biochemical formulation, the industry has seen the faster jute retting process and the labour intensity for retting has come down to 7-10 days, Irani said.