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Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibres (CRIJAF) is a premier institute on jute & allied fibre crops of
ICAR under Crop Science is situated at Nilganj, Barrackpore (6.0 Km from Barrackpore railway
station) and about 20 Km from Dum Dum Airport (NSC Bose International Airport). This institute mainly deals with 6 natural fibre crops viz., Jute, Sisal, Ramie,
Sunnhemp, Mesta and Flax. The institute has four Research Stations viz., Sunnhemp Research Station located at Pratapgarh (Uttar Pradesh), Ramie Research Station located at Sorbhog (Assam), Sisal Research Station at Bamra (Odisha) and Seed Research Stationat Budbud (West Bengal). One KVK under the administrative control of CRIJAF is located at Budbud in Burdwan district of West Bengal.
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CRIJAF celebrated 68th Independence Day on 15th August 2014 |
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Farmers' Day 2014 celebrated on 5th August 2014 |
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CRIJAF, Barrackpore celebrated ICAR Foundation Day on 16th July 2014 |
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Mr. Sujit Kumar Mitra, Director (Crop Science), ICAR, New Delhi visited this institute on 28th June 2014 |
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Dr. P. G. Karmakar took over the charge of DIRECTOR, CRIJAF on 21st April 2014. |
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Provide leadership in Research and Technology development to make jute and allied fibre farming profitable and sustainable. 
