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Identify the correct reason for low production of jute.

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Needs well drained fertile soils.

Needs flood plains that should be renewed every year.

Losing its market to synthetic fibres.

Jute mills are not technically advanced.

answer is C.

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Low production of jute is due to losing its market to synthetic fibres. Jute plants require well-fertilized soils, which are present beside rivers like the Ganges; alluvial soil is optimum for jute cultivation. The introduction of plastic bags is cheap and easy to make. That is why jute bags are more expensive than plastic bags. Jute is called the 'golden fibre.' Jute-producing states include West Bengal, Assam, Bihar, Odisha, and Meghalaya. All of these alternatives are correct, but there is a significant problem with low productivity. So, jute production is losing its market.

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