Jute farming has exceeded target this season as interest among the growers to the cash crop farming is seen increasing everywhere in Rajshahi division including its vast Barind tract. According to the ...

Farmers in the Tarai-Madhes region are gradually losing interest in cultivation of jute, which was once the major cash crop of the region. Especially, jute cultivation was widely done in Sunsari, ...

Jute cultivation has faced a setback in five districts of the northern region including Nilphamari due to acute scarcity of quality seeds. Continuous drought has aggravated the situation in Nilphamari ...

Jute cultivation in the district has been reduced by about 40 percent this year compared to last year, mostly due to unfavourable weather condition. Jute was cultivated on 20,228 hectares of land last ...

Participating experts have underlined the need to encourage farmers towards jute farming in the six terai districts of eastern Nepal at an International Jute Conference, being held from March 21 to 24 ...

Price of the newly harvested jute in the village-markets and other growth centres is now on the rise making farmers happy in Manikganj and Panchagarh. According to farmers, jute is being sold at ...

Jute farmers in Bengal are concerned over the falling prices of raw jute in 2023. This has prompted an introspection over the prospects of exploring alternative cash crops to the golden fibre in 2024.

Even as the State Government has been promoting jute bags and other jute products to discourage people from using polythene, production of raw jute in Odisha is fast declining. As per reports of the ...

The government on Thursday fixed the minimum price for jute following reports that farmers are facing losses due to a bumper crop of the golden fibre. The Jute Commissioner said the minimum price has ...

The cultivation of jute in the district has been revived after a gap of several years, which was once a lucrative cash crop for farmers. Incidentally, over a period of time, banana farming had turned ...