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Story in Pictures: 1st Certificate Course on Horticulture formally opened
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14 April 2014, Zhemgang: The opening ceremony of the First Horticulture Certificate Course at the Rural Development Training Centre (RDTC) in Zhemgang was held in the presence of the Chief Guest- the Hon’ble Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests (MoAF) along with officials from MoAF & the Ministry of Labour and Human Resources on 14 April 2014. Guests present included Dzongdag, Drangpon, Dzongrab, Regional RNR Sector Heads & Dzongkhag RNR Sector Heads of Zhemgang. 
During the ceremony, the Hon’ble Secretary, Dasho Sherub Gyaltshen, awarded prizes to enterprising youth who had taken up farming. Hon’ble Sanam Lyonpo’s visit to Zangkhar Primary School under Jarey Gewog in Lhuentse.
Inauguration of SAP Signboard in Zangkhar Primary School by Hon’ble Sanam Lyonpo Yeshey Dorji. 9 April 2014. His Excellency Lyonpo Yeshey Dorji, Minister for Ministry of Agriculture and Forests inaugurated the School Agriculture and Nutrition Program in Zangkhar Primary School under Jarey Gewog, Lhuentse. HE Lyonpo emphasized on the importance of School Nutrition Program and confirmed that the Ministry is committed towards providing three eggs per student per week to fulfill the nutrition requirements. Further, the program was launched to commemorate the upcoming 60th Birth Anniversary of the fourth Druk Gyalpo Jigme Singye Wangchuk.
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Picture Story: Two Farm Roads for Tsenkhar and Menbi in Lhuentse
9-10 April, Lhuentse: Hon’ble Sanam Lyonpo accompanied by officials from Ministry of Agriculture and Forests inaugurated the construction of the Phawan- Langabi farm road on 9 April and the Gorgan farm road on 10 April under Lhuentse Dzongkhag.
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Two Days Farmer’s Training on Citrus Fruit Fly and Powdery Mildew Disease management methods.
The Citrus fruit fly (Bactrocera minax) The National Plant Protection Centre (NPPC) under the Department of Agriculture is organising a two days (21 and 22 April 2014) farmers training at Kikorthang and Dunglagang gewogs under Tsirang Dzongkhag on Citrus Fruit Fly and Powdery Mildew Disease management methods.
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Khamdang Irrigation Channel in Trashi Yangtse Re-inaugurated
There are around 700 beneficiary households of this channel 6 April 2014, Trashi Yangtse: The 11.4 kilometer Buyang Irrigation channel under Khamdang Gewog in Trashi Yangtse dzongkhag was re-inaugurated by Hon’ble Sanam Lyonpo Yeshey Dorji on 6 April, 2014. The irrigation channel had been previously initiated and commissioned by His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo Jigme Singye Wangchuck in 1974 as a model project in eastern Bhutan to make people agriculturally self sufficient and self reliant, underwent major renovations in 2012. The construction of the historic irrigation channel was one of the largest kinds of project in eastern Bhutan.
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