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Jute fiber being dried in sunlight after natural or microbial retting. Retting is the process of extracting fibers from the tough stem or bast of the bast fiber plants. The available retting processes are: mechanical retting (hammering), chemical retting (boiling & applying chemicals), steam/vapor/dew retting, and water or microbial retting.
Kharif crops are usually sown at the beginning of the first rains during the advent of the south-west monsoon season, and they are harvested at the end of monsoon season (October–November). Monsoon sowing dates vary, occurring toward the end of May in the southern state of Kerala and reaching July in some north Indian states.
Jute fibers, composed primarily of cellulose and lignin, are collected from bast (the phloem of the plant, sometimes called the "skin") of plants like kenaf, industrial hemp, flax , and ramie. The industrial term for jute fiber is raw jute. The fibers are off-white to brown and range from 1–4 meters (3.3–13.1 ft) long.
Rabi crops or the rabi harvest, also known as winter crops, are agricultural crops that are sown in winter and harvested in the spring in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. [1] Complementary to the rabi crop is the kharif crop , which is grown after the rabi and zaid crops are harvested one after another respectively.
Aush paddy and jute are cultivated here as kharif crops and paddy, wheat and maize are cultivated as rabi crops. There are no rivers flowing through this region so farming is generally dependent on water from ponds and reservoirs and rabi crops in most areas depend on ground water.
The growth of the Kharif crops would have probably suffered as a result of excessive moisture. [40] Jute was first cultivated in India, where it was used to make ropes and cordage. [41] Some animals—thought by the Indians as being vital to their survival—came to be worshiped. [7]
Sugar cane and jute are two other major cash crops of Bihar. Bihar cropping system ... and wheat now occupies the status of major crop of the rabi (spring) season ...
Rabi crops are winter crops that are sown in October -November months and harvested in February – March. Its typical examples are wheat, boro paddy, jowar, nuts, etc. The third type is Zaid crops which are summer crops. It is sown in February – March and harvested in May – June. Examples are aush paddy, vegetables, and jute.