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Jute grows best in areas that get rainfall?

Answer 1

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Jute Cultivation in India: Conditions, Method, Production and Distribution!

Next to cotton, jute is the second important fibre crop of India. Jute is in great demand because of the cheapness, softness, strength, length, lustre and uniformity of its fibre.

It is used for manufacturing a large variety of articles such as gunny bags, hessian, ropes, strings, carpets, rugs and clothes, tarpaulins, upholstery and decoration pieces.

Conditions of Growth:

ute is the crop of hot and humid climate. It requires high temperature varying from 24°C to 35°C and heavy rainfall of 120 to 150 cm with 80 to 90 per cent relative humidity during the period of its growth Small amount of pre-monsoon rainfall varying from 25 cm to 55 cm is very useful because it helps in the proper growth of the plant till the arrival of the proper monsoon. Incessant and untimely rainfalls as well as prolonged droughts are detrimental to this crop. Rainfall between 2.5 to 7.5 cm in a month, during the sowing period, is considered to be sufficient.

Occasional showers varying from 2 to 3 cm at intervals of a week’s time during the growing period are very useful. Large quantity of water is required not only for growing the jute crop but also for processing the fibre after the crop is harvested.

Light sandy or clayey loams are considered to be best suited soils for jute. Since jute rapidly exhausts the fertility of soil, it is necessary that the soil is replenished annually by the silt-laden flood water of the rivers. Large supply of cheap labour is also necessary for growing and processing the jute fibre.

Method of Cultivating and Processing of Jute:

Jute is generally sown in February on lowlands and in March-May on uplands. The crop takes 8- 10 months to mature but different varieties take different time to mature. The harvesting period generally starts in July and continues till October.

Production:

India suffered a great setback in the production of jute as a result of partition of the country in 1947 because about 75 per cent of the jute producing areas went to Bangladesh (East Pakistan at that time) Fortunately, most of the jute mills remained in India. Strenuous efforts were made to increase production and area of jute, immediately after partition to feed our starving jute mills in the wake of short supply of raw jute.

 

 

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Answer 2

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yes it's true

jut grows best in areas that get rainfalll