Golden Fibre: The crop known as the Golden Fiber is Jute. Jute is a long, soft, and shiny natural fibre that can be spun into coarse, strong threads. It is called the Golden Fiber because of its ...

KOLKATA, May 26 (Reuters) - India's jute acreage is likely to rise by 10-15 percent in 2010/11 as higher prices and easier availability of quality seeds have encouraged farmers to expand acreage, ...

Pakistan’s entire economy is tightly interwoven with jute, which is second only to cotton as the world’s most widely used natural plant fiber. Last week Pakistan’s vital jute industry was snarled in a ...

Jute, comprising primarily Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis, is a vital natural fibre crop with profound economic and ecological significance. Recent studies have underscored the extensive ...

An curved arrow pointing right. About 20 years ago, Bangladesh became the first nation on Earth to ban single-use plastic bags. Since then, plastic pollution has gotten worse. To find a biodegradable ...

There is apt to be very little more jute (or burlap, which is made from jute) for the U.S., and no abaca (Manila hemp). Those facts may sound esoteric to the layman, but they have the U.S.