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  • Enhancing capacity building of women for co-operative development

    Posted on by Keshav Gurung

    unnamedAugust 1-4, Thimphu: More than 25 people including women representing progressive co-operatives, BAOWE, Tarayana Foundation, Youth Development Fund and field officers from the Department of Agricultural Marketing and Cooperatives (DAMC) are attending a training on Management Capacity of Women for Co-Operative Development at Jambayang Resort. Resource persons are experts from the International Co-operative Alliance-Asia Pacific (ICA-AP) Secretariat, a well-known co-operative in Sri Lanka.

    While the training subject is building capacity of the co-operative as a whole, it is designed in a way to give greater stress on women members considering that approximately 46% of the members of farmer groups and co-operatives in Bhutan are women but only around 20 % of them are in leadership. The training is being organised by DAMC with fund support from ICA-AP.

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  • Bhutan celebrates World Ranger Day for the first time

    Posted on by Keshav Gurung

    A50X894931 July- 2 August, Thimphu: The World Ranger Day for the first time in Bhutan was celebrated as a tribute to recognise the role that the rangers play in the conservation of Bhutan’s natural heritage and public service delivery. The event also celebrated the membership of its Society of Bhutanese Foresters to the International Rangers Federation (IRF).

    The IRF, set up in 1992 provides a forum for rangers from around the world to share their successes and failures in protecting the world’s heritage and to promote information and technology transfer.

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  • Mass Napier Plantation carried out at Jaray geog

    Posted on by Keshav Gurung

    Untitled-1Lhuentse: Around 29,000 Napier grass cutting slips were planted on 8 acres of maize field at Jaray geog on 14-15 June 2017 benefiting 20 households.

    The program was initiated to create awareness among farmers on fodder plantation to make available cattle feed resources through sustainable land management practices. Napier plantation not only facilitates cattle feed for better production and reduces pressure for forest, but is also useful for soil conservation and maintaining soil fertility under sloppy landscapes.

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  • Khadar Awarded to Civil Servants for July 2017 Promotion

    Posted on by Keshav Gurung

    HE Lyonpo with promotion recipantsAs a token of appreciation and in recognition of their dedicated services, the Ministry of Agriculture & Forests offered Trashi Khadar to the Civil Servants who have been promoted to next higher position level in July 2017. While the Ministry offered Khadhar to civil servants based in Thimphu, similar event have been taken place at the field offices within their respective agencies to use the occasion to rededicate the loyalty and service from the civil servants to the Tsawa Sum.

    In total, 225 civil servants under the RNR sector have been granted promotion for July 2017. The promotion consists of Specialist, Meritorious, Open competition and Broad Banded categories.

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