Jute, the golden fibre, is the raw material for one of India’s oldest industries. The first jute mill started production in Bengal in 1856. After more than 150 years, the jute industry is now challenged by competition from alternative materials, by the recession in the international markets and by low awareness among consumers of the versatile, eco-friendly nature of jute fabric itself. Yet this industry still provides a livelihood to more than 250,000 mill workers and more than 4 million farmers’ families. It is a golden bond with the Earth, Its use is a statement about ecological awareness as it is a fully bio-degradable and eco-friendly fibre. It comes from the earth, it helps the earth and once its life is done it merges back into the earth.

Detailed history may be seen through link.

http://www.worldjute.com/about_jute/juthist.html

http://www.wigglesworthfibres.com/products/synthetics/Jute%20Yarn%20and%20Products/Jute-A%20Brief%20History.html

http://www.binhaitimes.com/history.html

Jute, the golden fibre, is the raw material for one of India’s oldest industries. The first jute mill started production in Bengal in 1856. After more than 150 years, the jute industry is now challenged by competition from alternative materials, by the recession in the international markets and by low awareness among consumers of the versatile, eco-friendly nature of jute fabric itself. Yet this industry still provides a livelihood to more than 250,000 mill workers and more than 4 million farmers’ families. It is a golden bond with the Earth, Its use is a statement about ecological awareness as it is a fully bio-degradable and eco-friendly fibre. It comes from the earth, it helps the earth and once its life is done it merges back into the earth.

Detailed history may be seen through link.

http://www.worldjute.com/about_jute/juthist.html

http://www.wigglesworthfibres.com/products/synthetics/Jute%20Yarn%20and%20Products/Jute-A%20Brief%20History.html

http://www.binhaitimes.com/history.html

Dear Nabonita,

A ROAD MAP FOR JUTE 

http://www.intracen.org/uploadedFiles/intracenorg/Content/Exporters/Sectoral_Information/Agricultural_Products/Fibres/jute_roadmap-1.pdf

Happy new year

Luis Fernando

you can contact Prosenjit Pramanick for the history