THE IlMPROVEMENT AND PRODUCTION OF IMPORTANT LONG VEGETABLE FIBERS IN TAIWAN - 農業知識入口網

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Long fiber crops occupy rather small acreages in Taiwan but play vital roles in the nation’s major economic activities. The local jute supports an industry which manufactures gunny sacks for all the sugar and rice export at the magnitude of 800,000-900,000 metric tons of sugar and some 150,000 metric tons of rice, respectively, each year. Likewise, the sisal supplies the raw material for most of the ropes and twines consumed by the fishermen and farmers of Taiwan. Ramie and flax have even smaller acreages, but each has its contribution either to the local industries or to the export trade.