Jhenaidah Correspondent :
The farmers in six upazilas of Jhenaidah are happy when they have been harvesting the crop this season as the yield was better and ensuring more money than the past years.
The production target fixed by the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) had exceeded by 24,900 hectares as against 20,470 hectares in the current season to be produced from the jute plants which will ensure additional 198,694 bales in the season, said the DAE office sources.
Farmer Dabir Uddin of Kamarkundu village in Jhenaidah Sadar upazila said, the brought three bighas of land under the jute farming reducing the Boro farming in last season due price fall of the paddy. To recover the continuous loss for the paddy, a number of farmers brought their lands under jute farming when the government assured the farmers of better future for the jute.
The farmer said, they were hopeless when there was drought like weather was prevailing till late May. But the scenario was changed when the rainfall started since early June this year. The sufficient rainfall made the crop fields as well as the minds of the farmers greenish. The farmers are expecting bumper jute production in the season if there is no natural calamities, they expressed their hope.
Framer Rafiqul Alam of Habibpur village in Sailkupa municipality said, the days of once lost Golden Fibre is expected to be return before the jute farmers as the demand of the jute fibre was increasing abroad.
Rabin Saha, a jute vendor when contacted said, the demand of the jute made accessories have been increasing in local markets also as the government set an embargo on using plastic or synthetic bags for carrying food grains and some other items. It is also a significant initiative from the government side, Saha said.
When this correspondent visited Jhenaidah Sadar, Bhatai, Sailkupa and Seikhpara weekly markets in Jhenaidah saw some of the farmers appearing in the market with newly harvested jute which was selling at Taka 1,900 to 2,000 each maund, while the old stock ones at Taka 2,400 to 2,500 in the market.
Deputy director of the DAE in Jhenaidah Akramul Haque when contacted admitted the expansion of jute farming area in the district. He said, the soil of Jhenaidah was suitable for jute production. Further, the new doors for the jute fibre are opened gradually.
Moreover, the jute sticks, widely known as patkathi has a great demand for establishing betel leaf orchards and fuel purposes throughout the country, deputy director said.
The farmers in six upazilas of Jhenaidah are happy when they have been harvesting the crop this season as the yield was better and ensuring more money than the past years.
The production target fixed by the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) had exceeded by 24,900 hectares as against 20,470 hectares in the current season to be produced from the jute plants which will ensure additional 198,694 bales in the season, said the DAE office sources.
Farmer Dabir Uddin of Kamarkundu village in Jhenaidah Sadar upazila said, the brought three bighas of land under the jute farming reducing the Boro farming in last season due price fall of the paddy. To recover the continuous loss for the paddy, a number of farmers brought their lands under jute farming when the government assured the farmers of better future for the jute.
The farmer said, they were hopeless when there was drought like weather was prevailing till late May. But the scenario was changed when the rainfall started since early June this year. The sufficient rainfall made the crop fields as well as the minds of the farmers greenish. The farmers are expecting bumper jute production in the season if there is no natural calamities, they expressed their hope.
Framer Rafiqul Alam of Habibpur village in Sailkupa municipality said, the days of once lost Golden Fibre is expected to be return before the jute farmers as the demand of the jute fibre was increasing abroad.
Rabin Saha, a jute vendor when contacted said, the demand of the jute made accessories have been increasing in local markets also as the government set an embargo on using plastic or synthetic bags for carrying food grains and some other items. It is also a significant initiative from the government side, Saha said.
When this correspondent visited Jhenaidah Sadar, Bhatai, Sailkupa and Seikhpara weekly markets in Jhenaidah saw some of the farmers appearing in the market with newly harvested jute which was selling at Taka 1,900 to 2,000 each maund, while the old stock ones at Taka 2,400 to 2,500 in the market.
Deputy director of the DAE in Jhenaidah Akramul Haque when contacted admitted the expansion of jute farming area in the district. He said, the soil of Jhenaidah was suitable for jute production. Further, the new doors for the jute fibre are opened gradually.
Moreover, the jute sticks, widely known as patkathi has a great demand for establishing betel leaf orchards and fuel purposes throughout the country, deputy director said.
