Increased jute farming can save environment, soil health
Sunday, 1 March 2009
Agri-experts Saturday said that increased farming of jute could revive the past glory of the golden fibre to usher in a new era in the country's economy as well as save the environment and soil health, reports BSS.
Because of its eco-friendly and quick rotting characters, demand of jute has been increasing fast in developed countries and international markets due to adverse effects of synthetic fibres, they said.
They said this while addressing the concluding session of a two-day training course organised by the Breeding Department of Bangladesh Jute Research Institute (BJRI) under the New Variety Tosha Jute Farming Project.
The workshop was organised with the financial assistance of Bangladesh Agriculture Research Council (BARC) for farmers and filed-level agriculture officers and NGO workers in the training auditorium of Rangpur Regional Centre of the BJRI.
Chief Scientific Officer of Rangpur BJRI Dr Mohammad Aiyub Khan chaired the concluding session and Chief Scientific Officer of Breeding Department of BJRI and Principal Investigator of the Project Dr M Abbas Ali attended it as the chief guest.
Senior Scientific Officer of BJRI and Co-Investigator of the Project Moksudar Rahman, Senior Scientific Officer of BJRI Zahid Al Rafique, Scientific Officers and Co-Investigators of the Project Moinul Islam and Solaiman Hossain and Scientific Officer Yunus Ali were present.
Because of its eco-friendly and quick rotting characters, demand of jute has been increasing fast in developed countries and international markets due to adverse effects of synthetic fibres, they said.
They said this while addressing the concluding session of a two-day training course organised by the Breeding Department of Bangladesh Jute Research Institute (BJRI) under the New Variety Tosha Jute Farming Project.
The workshop was organised with the financial assistance of Bangladesh Agriculture Research Council (BARC) for farmers and filed-level agriculture officers and NGO workers in the training auditorium of Rangpur Regional Centre of the BJRI.
Chief Scientific Officer of Rangpur BJRI Dr Mohammad Aiyub Khan chaired the concluding session and Chief Scientific Officer of Breeding Department of BJRI and Principal Investigator of the Project Dr M Abbas Ali attended it as the chief guest.
Senior Scientific Officer of BJRI and Co-Investigator of the Project Moksudar Rahman, Senior Scientific Officer of BJRI Zahid Al Rafique, Scientific Officers and Co-Investigators of the Project Moinul Islam and Solaiman Hossain and Scientific Officer Yunus Ali were present.