A new vista for agriculture
Jute, the golden fibre of Bangladesh, once again makes presence in the media as its genetic coding has been decoded by a Bangladeshi scientist in collaboration with other aiding agencies. Being a deltaic country, Bangladesh has to face a number of natural disasters round the year. The avaricious activities of humans on environment also add a new dimension to such kind of calamities. Farmers are keeping themselves away from cultivating jute. Moreover, the malpractice of jute collection through local agent for government factories at lower rates has worsened the situation to some extent. Though we are the second largest producer of this fibre after India, the present situation is not encouraging at all.
The invention of gene structure of jute creates a new hope for agriculture. Scientists are expecting to bring the climate friendly kind of the fibre on earth through this decoding which can sustain against adverse impact of nature.
We firmly believe that the government should amend the existing law of polythene use which is a menace to the ecology.
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