Submitted byMir Mahmud ChownMd. Nurul AminMd. Ashikur RahmanMd. Jubaer Hosen Siam

An Assignment on BJRI submitted to SM Azizul Haque

Lecturer, Department of Textile EngineeringBangladesh University of Business & Technology

Prepared by Jubaer Hosen Siam

BJRIBangladesh Jute Research Institute

Jute research first started in Dhaka by Sir RS Finlow in 1904.The present form of this institute is developed from the first Jute Agricultural Research Laboratory (JARL) established by the Indian Central Jute Committee (ICJC) at Dhaka in 1936.After the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971 Jute Sector was taken up by the government & declared as BJRI or Bangladesh Jute Research Institute in 1974. And in 1996 it was modified with some major functions.

Raw Jute

(a) To regulate, control and promote agricultural, technological and economic research on jute and allied fibers.

(b) To organize production, testing and supply of improved pedigree jute seeds and their multiplication, attainment and distribution to recognized organizations, selected growers, and such other agencies as may be approved by the board.

Objectives

Fields of Research

#Agricultural Research on Jute

At present BJRI is conducting researches with two wings,

#Technological Research on Jute

IMPROVEMENT OF FIBRE QUALITY: Improved retting (Ribbon-Retting) techniques were devised to ensure the production of high- quality fibre.  SEED PRODUCTION: An improved Late Seed Production Technology proved very effective and widely acceptable to the farmers.

Recent success of BJRIThe genome sequence of Tossa and desi jute has been discovered by BJRI scientists in 2009 and in 2013 Genome sequence of devastating fungal pathogen Macrophomina Phaseolina has been discovered.

MissionDevelopment of sustainable technologies through agricultural and industrial researches on jute and allied fiber crops for incoming generation, socio- economic development, environment protection and poverty alleviation of farmers and other stakeholders by dissemination the developed technologies.