May 5, Thimphu: The third meeting of the National Incident Command Committee (NICC) chaired by the Hon’ble Agriculture Secretary, Dasho Tenzin Dhendup; Thimphu Thrompon, Dasho Kinlay Dorjee and the NICC members discussed the status of the recent bird flu outbreak at Thimphu City Camp that was reported March 31.
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Gelephu: A trial culture of a highly prized crustacean-the giant freshwater prawn/shrimp (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) has begun at the National Centre for Aquaculture (NCA), Gelephu from April 21 with three research pond stocks of 30,000 PL-10 prawn seeds.
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April 17, Bumthang: The Hon’ble Agriculture Lyonpo Yeshey Dorji visited a workshop cum store at the Central Machinery Unit (CMU) and National Horse Breeding Farm in Nasphyel.
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Bumthang: Yak rearing had been seen as one of the important activity of Narut community in Tang geog for sustaining livelihood in the past. However, with an initiation of agriculture development activities including livestock breed improvement program to increase production, yak rearing culture among the herders in Tang was totally diminished.There was a gradual shift from yak rearing to dairy farming with improved breed as it provides more advantages in terms of earning income and management aspects.
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