16 July, Thimphu: The outgoing Indian Ambassador to Bhutan, His Excellency V.P. Haran called on the Agriculture Minister, Yeshey Dorji, today. Their Excellencies talked on the impacts of irrigation, electric fencing, farm roads and picking up of goat farming in the country. They also shared the Ministry’s initiative of bringing the fallow lands under cultivation.
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11-12 July, Thimphu. The Bhutan Agriculture and Food Regulatory Authority (BAFRA) organized its 11th Annual Conference with the theme ‘enhancing Biosecurity through Modern Risk Based Approach’ to 46 participants invited from field offices, officer in charges from Dzongkhags and branch offices.
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Through the National Biosafety Framework Project, BAFRA, a four-day long training workshop on “Inspection, Monitoring and Handling Applications of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)” is underway in Wangchuk Resort, Thimphu from 14th to 17th July 2014. A total of forty officials from various BAFRA field offices are being trained on inspection, monitoring and handling applications of GMOs. The main objective of this training workshop is to equip the field officials with the necessary skills for inspection and monitoring of GMOs and products derived from GMOs.
With the enactment of Biosafety Bill of Bhutan 2014 and as the National Competent Authority for biosafety, BAFRA will be mandated to carry-out inspection, monitoring and detection of GMOs and products derived from GMOs.
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Please click here to view the Message from Hon’ble Sanam Lyonpo on the International Day of Cooperatives 2014.
– ICS
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Mongar, 8-12 July: A five-day long writeshop on ‘Comprehensive Report Writingand Multimedia’ is underway in RDC-Wengkhar. Thirty participants from the Market Access and Growth Intensification Project (MAGIP) funded sites of Lhuentse, Mongar, Pemagatshel, Samdrup Jongkhar, Trashigang and Trashi Yangtse along with representatives from the National Centre for Animal Nutrition, Regional Agricultural Marketing and Cooperatives Office and RDC-Wengkhar are attending it.
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