Packets Of Rice Should Be Made Of Jute: Decided By Bangladesh Government

jute made bag

jute made sack

From 1st January, 2014 plastic made bags and sacks are banned for packaging rice. Instead of plastic bags jute-made bags must used. Bangladesh government has decided it at 26 September, 2013.  Remaining plastic bags must be utilized before December of this year.
Owners of jute mils of different areas of Bangladesh have welcomed this decision of Bangladesh Government because small jute-mils of Bangladesh will get animation now.  Jute-mils owners say that they are producing two types jute-made bags one is export quality bag which production cost is 60 to 70 taka and other type is for fulfillment of domestic demand of Bangladesh which production cost is  42 to 45 taka. On the other hand same carrying capable plastic bags are sold at 15 taka in markets. This is the reason why rice sellers and rice mil owners are using plastic bags instead of jute-made bags.

According to Bangladesh Jute Mils Corporation ( BJMC ) and Bangladesh Jute Mils Association (BJMA) 50 to 60 crore jute bags are produced in Bangladesh per year. BJMC is producing 38 crore jute-bags in year. Every year Bangladesh needs 50 to 55 crore bags for packaging cereals, fertilizers and sugarcane.

There are 40 jute mils in the greater Rangpur, Dinajpur amd Bogra districts of Bangladesh. Farmers and jute-mil owners of that area are now happy.

This news has published in PROTHOM-ALO ( 21.10.2013 )

Jute and Bangladesh
jute is known as golden fiber of Bangladesh. Bangladesh produces the best quality jute in world.

Why jute made bag is best rather than plastic made bag?
Plastics are not biodegradable. Dumping of plastics in soil is causing pollution. So plastic and plastic made bags are not Eco-friendly.
Om the other hand jute is biodegradable and decomposed in soil. Dumping of jute does not cause any hazard in environment. So jute made bags are Eco-friendly.
This the main reason why Bangladesh Government want to replace the plastic made bags by jute made bags though production cost of plastic bags is less.

Why harvesting time of jute is so important?

Jute is one of the main crop of indian sub continent area. Because it is one of the most important cash crop of India and Bangladesh. It is called golden fiber of Bangladesh. More than 80% of the total production of world of jute is done by India and Bangladesh.

Jute is mainly a crop of rain feed area and jute requires little amount of fertilizer to grow. Jute is mainly cultivated for it's fiber which come from it's stem and ribbon ( outer stem of jute ). Jute has various uses such as jute is used to make chief cloth, sacks, bags, best quality industrial yarn, fabric, net etc.

Jute is biodegradable so it is very much environment friendly. So scientist are suggesting us to use jute made products such as jute made bags. Because plastic bag or this type bags are not biodegradable and causes many hazard and causes pollution. But other hand, if we use jute made bag, it dose not pollute the environment as it is biodegradable.

So we must encourage farmer to grow jute.

Harvesting time of jute is very important for getting better fiber from jute. We have to consider the of jute harvesting and we must be conscious about it. We can get higher fiber yield if we harvest jute lately, but the quality of jute fiber will not be better. Because jute fiber become coarse and hard and cutting may also develop at the base of the stem. Cutting make the jute fiber hard, soily and unusable which are not desirable. So we should harvest jute from start of flowering to fruit formation stage ( 120-135 days after sowing). Sometimes urgent harvest may be needed if there is a possibility of heavy rain or flood. Normally corchorus are harvested during July - August and olitorius Aug-Sept.

Fiber Crop : Jute

Fiber crops are crops which are grown for fibers. We get bast fiber from jute.
Jute As A Fiber Crops
family:  Tiliaceae 
Scientific name: 1. white jute ( Corchorus capsularis) 2. Tossa jute ( Corchorus olitorius ) 
 Jute is environment friendly. Because it is 100% bio degradable and recyclable. Jute has low extensibility and high tensile strength. 
 Near about 90% jute is produced in India, Bangladesh and Thailand. 
Origin: It is believed that Tossa jute is originated from Africa and White jute is originated from Indo-Burma.
Distribution:  India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Brazil, China, Nepal, Vietnam, Japan, Burma, Uzbekistan.
 Difference between C.capsularis and C. olitoriuus :
 Height: 1.5 to 3.6m (Corchorus capsularis) and 1.5 to 4.5 m (Corchorus olitorius)
 Stem color: full green to dark red (Corchorus capsularis) and green to light or deep red (Corchorus olitorius).
Periderm: periderm resides on the basal portion - called cutting (Corchorus capsularis) and periderm absent or poorly developed (Corchorus olitorius). 
Branching: well branched (Corchorus capsularis) and poorly branched (Corchorus olitorius).
Water logging: can withstand water logging in later stage of growth (Corchorus capsularis) and can not (Corchorus olitorius). 
 Duration: 3-4 months (Corchorus capsularis) and 4-5 months (Corchorus olitorius).
 Flower: 0.5cm, yellow to pale yellow (Corchorus capsularis) and 1.0cm, green or colored (Corchorus olitorius).
Ovary: round (Corchorus capsularis) and elongated (Corchorus olitorius).
Anthesis: 1-2hours after sun rise (Corchorus capsularis) and 1hour or less before sun rise (Corchorus olitorius). 
 Fruit: capsule (Corchorus capsularis) and elongated (Corchorus olitorius).
Seed: per fruit 35-50 seeds, chocolate color, weight 300seeds per gm (Corchorus capsularis) and 127-200 seeds, black color, weight 500seeds per gram (Corchorus olitorius).

 Production Technology
 Adaptation: temp- 24to35 c and RH 90%
Soil: Loam to silt loam ; high, medium high, medium low land; it does not grow well on very light, gravelly, lateritic soil.
 Land preparation: 5-6 ploughing followed laddering.
 Fertilizer Application: 145-166kg/ha urea, 59kg/ha TSP, 50-80kg/ha MOP for fiber production; 80-100kg/ha urea, 30-40kf/ha TSP, 32-40kg/ha MOP for seed production. 
 Cow dung  must be applied 10-15 day before final and preparation. Half urea and other fertilizer must be applied 4-5 days before FLP. 6-7 weeks after sowing rest urea must be applied.
 Sowing time : Corchorus capsularis - March to April, Corchorus Olitorius - April to first half of May.
 Seed Rate : row method: line to line 30cm, plant to plant 7cm- capsularis 6-7.5kg/ha and olitorius- 5-6kg/ha; broadcast method: 10-12.5kg/ha capsalirs, 7.5-9 kg/ha olitorius.
 Intercultural operation: 
Gap filling: direct sowing during evening. desired plant rate4.5-5lac/ha.
  weed control: 2,4,8 weeks after sowing.
 Disease and Insect control: By using proper fungicide and insecticide.
 Harvesting: Depending on varieties. For fiber 60-120 days after sowing.