22 June 2017, Thimphu: A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests and the Rural Enterprise Development Corporation Limited (REDCL) today in Thimphu.
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21 June 2017, Paro: An awareness and consultative discussion on Farm Machinery Standards and implementation strategy was officially opened by Hon’ble MoAF Lyonpo for at Paro today. The Director of Agriculture and a JICA office representative were also present. The programme was jointly organised by the Agriculture Machinery Centre (AMC) and the JICA project under AMC.
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June 20-29, Paro: The Agriculture Machinery Training Section under the Agriculture Machinery Centre (AMC) is organising an Advanced Farm Machinery Training for sixty extension officers who had already attained the basic course.
The training is aimed to further improve the services to the farm machine owners through them. Following the training, participants shall be well versed to troubleshoot the technical problems in the field.
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19 June 2017: The Rural Development Training Centre (RDTC) in Zhemgang under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forest (MoAF) is in the process of developing framework for RDTC training Curriculum and modules. The RDTC strives to go Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) with the financial assistance of Bhutan Trust Fund for Environment and Conservation (BTFEC), towards achieving sustainable development guided by the Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) concept and its 3 pillars– productivity, adaptation and mitigation. The CSA Curriculum framework developed through the consultative process involving participants from different agencies under MoAF drafted through two rounds of meetings at Namsey Chholing Resort at Paro.
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17 June 2017: Coinciding with the World Day to Combat Desertification (WDCD) on 17 June 2017, the Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture & Forests launched the Agriculture Land Development Guidelines (ALDG) for sustainable management of agriculture land through adoption of proper processes, procedures and technologies.
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