Question
State the importance of jute as a fibre crop in India.
Solution
The importance jute:
(i)Jute is used for making coarse cloth, bags, sacks and decorative items. It is a cash crop in West Bengal and adjoining eastern parts of the country.
(ii)India lost large jute growing areas to East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, during partition. At present, India produces about three-fifth of jute production of the world.
(iii)West Bengal accounts for about three-fourth of the production in the country. Bihar and Assam are other jute growing areas. Being concentrated only in a few states, this crop accounts for only about 0.5 percent of total cropped area in the country.
