Janata Jute Mills Ltd. and Sadat Jute Industries Ltd.

Research & Development

New uses foran old Fibre.

We develop better fibre processing, new finishes and diversified jute products, and trial each one on the same lines that will make it.

Focus AreasFarmers ProgrammeDevelop a Product
Standing tossa jute beside cut bundles laid out in a flooded field for retting

Farmers Programme

Research that starts in the field

Seed, harvest timing and retting settle the quality of a fibre long before it reaches a spinning frame. We work with the growers who supply us on all three.

Growers Enrolled
1,200+
Districts Covered
6
Varieties Supported
Tossa & White

  • Certified seed

    Improved tossa and white jute seed is issued ahead of sowing, so the crop starts from a known variety rather than saved seed of unknown line.

  • Agronomy training

    Field sessions on spacing, weeding and harvest timing — cutting at the right age is what decides fibre strength more than anything after it.

  • Better retting

    Clean, flowing-water retting and ribbon retting trials, to lift fibre colour and cut the specks and barky roots that cost a grower a grade.

  • Fair, prompt payment

    Grading is done in front of the grower against a published scale, and payment is settled at delivery rather than held to season's end.

Contract Farming

A season agreed before sowing

Growers who contract with us know the price and the buyer before the seed goes in. We know the variety, the acreage and the district the fibre will come from.

  1. 01

    Acreage agreed

    Before sowing

    We agree the land, the variety and the expected volume with the grower or the grower group for the coming season.

  2. 02

    Inputs issued

    Sowing

    Seed is supplied against the contract, with the cost carried by us and set against the crop at delivery.

  3. 03

    Field follow-up

    Growing season

    Our raw-jute team visits through the season — weeding, pest pressure, harvest timing and the retting plan.

  4. 04

    Graded buy-back

    Harvest

    The crop is bought back at the agreed floor price, graded on the published scale, and moves straight to the mill as traceable fibre.

Growers and mill staff standing together under a tree at the edge of a jute field

Terms

Floor price
A minimum rate fixed at contract, with the market rate paid when it runs above the floor.
Seed advance
Seed supplied on credit and recovered from the delivery, with no interest charged on it.
Grading
Bangladesh standard grades, called in front of the grower, with a re-grade on request.
Payment
Settled at delivery against the weighbridge slip and the grade sheet.
Traceability
Each lot is logged to its contract, so the fibre behind an order can be traced to the district it grew in.
Talk to the raw-jute team