in Sadarpur Jute, known as golden fiber, has now become a noose around the neck of a farmer
Faridpur district representative- Jute known as ‘golden fiber’ in Faridpur has now become a noose around the neck of a farmer. In the current season, the yield of jute is good, but the current market price is less than the current market cost, but the jute farmers have to count the losses. As a result, the idea of cultivation of sugarcane, vegetables and green vegetables as an alternative to jute. Some people are doing it, the farmers think that it will reduce the jute cultivation land in the future, the golden fiber of huge potential may be threatened. In the upazila's Hatkrishnapur, Sasat Rashi Bazar, Pitajkhali, Balitahati, Nachunganj market, the current price of jute is 1 thousand 800 to 2 thousand 500 taka per man depending on the quality and color. Farmers say that jute is being produced and marketed.
