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 production in Lalmonirhat has decreased to less than one-third in the last two decades as low profitability of the cash crop discourages farmers. Jute was grown on 12,650 hectares of land in the ...

Jute cultivation through seedling transplantation is gaining popularity in Gobindaganj upazila under the district as the process gives twice the yield compared to usual seed sowing method. "Just out ...

Golden Fibre: The crop known as the Golden Fiber is Jute. Jute is a long, soft, and shiny natural fibre that can be spun into coarse, strong threads. It is called the Golden Fiber because of its ...

Kohfour-party Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in Kohima on Friday (September 26, 2025) to promote jute and new-age natural fibre cultivation in Nagaland, an official said. The MoU was ...

The name Kdol Daun Teav in Battambang’s Ek Phnom district evokes memories of a once-thriving jute rice sack factory, a fixture in the Prek Norint commune for generations. The factory was shuttered in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...