Dr. Mohammad Emdad Ullah Mian, the secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, stated that creating multipurpose jute products and raising the quality of jute fibre will expand the use of jute.
“For this purpose, the related research activities need to be increased,” he said while addressing an annual agricultural research review workshop at the conference room of Bangladesh Jute Research Institute (BJRI)’s head office at Manik Mia Avenue in the capital on Thursday as the chief guest, an official release said today.
The secretary instructed the relevant officials to work effectively towards the growth of multipurpose jute products.
Additionally, he asked them to draft a plan outlining the next 20 years’ worth of jute research initiatives.
The workshop was chaired by Dr. Nargis Akter, the Director General of BJRI. Participants included Md. Ruhul Amin Khan, the Chairman of the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation, Afsari Khanam, the Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, and Dr. Nazmun Nahar Karim, the Executive Director of the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council.
