বিজনেস প্রমোশন কাউন্সিল (বিপিসি), বানিজ্য মন্ত্রণালয় এবং বাংলাদেশ জুট এসোসিয়েশন (বিজেএ)'র উদ্যোগে পাইকগাছা, ডুমুরিয়া, খুলনা, যশোর সদর উপজেলা, মোল্লারহাট, বাগেরহাট, টুঙ্গিপাড়া, গোপালগঞ্জ, মুন্সিগঞ্জ ও মানিকগঞ্জ "উচ্চ ফলনশীল পাট বীজ উৎপাদন, পাট চাষ ও পাট পচনের আধুনিক পদ্ধতির ক্রমোন্নয়ন বিষয়ক" কর্মশালা অনুষ্ঠিত হয়। প্রতিটি কর্মশালায় সংশ্লিষ্ট অঞ্চলের ইউএনও মহোদয়, পাট অধিদপ্তরের কর্মকর্তাগণ এবং ৫০ জন করে ৩৫০ জন কৃষক উপস্থিত ছিলেন। সভাপতিত্ব করেন বিজেএ'র চেয়ারম্যান জনাব মো: ফরহাদ আহমেদ আকন্দ।
Under the initiative of Business Promotion Council (BPC), Ministry of Commerce and Bangladesh Jute Association (BJA), Paikgacha, Dumuria, Khulna, Jashore Sadar Upazila, Mollarhat, Bagerhat, Tungipara, Gopalganj, Munshiganj and Manikganj "High yield jute seed production, jute cultivation and Workshop on "Development of Modern Methods of Jute Decomposition" was held.
The workshop was attended by UNO, Jute Department officials and 350 farmers of 50 each. Chairman of BJA Mr. Md. Farhad Ahmed Akanda presided.
Bangladesh Jute Association (BJA) was established in 1949 as a sister organization of Narayanganj Chamber of Commerce and Industry. It emerged as an independent organization in 1949 as a Pakistan Jute Association (PJA) on 13th March 1959. After the emergence of Bangladesh this organization was renamed Bangladesh Jute Association (BJA). BJA is a National Representative body of all jute traders and exporters in the private sector. The number of members are about 500. The member exporter of raw jute export to as many as 35 countries of the world. Every year the exporters export raw jute at a tune of about 20 lakh bales amounting to Tk. about 2000 (Two Thousand) crore and contribute a lot to the national economy.
The member exporter of BJA directly purchase raw jute from the jute growers and bring to terminal market i.e. to the press house where the hydraulic pucca press installed for making pucca bales weighing 180 kg (value addition). This is done after pucca assortment by the assorters (value addition). As a result a large number of labourers are involved in assortment and making pucca bales. Before shifting kutcha bales (weighing 150 kg) to the Secondary market from the primary market, kutcha assorters assort the jute and make kutcha bales weighing 150 kg and send them to the terminal market for processing and export. BJA plays the vital role for regulating the jute market both in home and abroad. It helps ensure fair price to the jute growers who produce 100% export oriented product.
