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Awareness Program for Youth Cooperative
Posted on June 21, 2014 by Keshav Gurung
A day long awareness program on cooperatives was conducted as a part of group formation and registration process for Thimphu based Youth Co-operative at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Conference Hall on 18 June 2014. Some 21 youths who are currently unemployed and are living in Thimphu after their studies have come together to form a youth based co-operative. The main objective of the co-operative is to create enabling environment for the youth towards generating self employment and also inculcate a sense of savings and credit amongst youths. Their main focus of the business will be agriculture and livestock based businesses.
This cooperative has been formed by these 21 youths currently living in Thimphu
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Farmers learn about Fruit Thinning and Harvesting Techniques
Posted on June 21, 2014 by Keshav Gurung
20 June 2014, RC Wengkhar: A total of 35 orchard owners completed their final round of crop management training under the Systematic Training and Orchard Development Program for the 2013-14 Financial Year.
The current batch of orchard owners have already undergone two rounds of training- Awareness on Available Technologies and Fruit Cultivation Practices. The recent training is specifically imparted on fruit thinning and harvesting of temperate and subtropical fruit plants. The training comprised of both in-house theoretical sessions and hands – on practice in the research and farmers’ fields.
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Training on Electronic Traceability for Agricultural Trade Facilitation and Smallholder Integration
Posted on June 21, 2014 by Keshav Gurung
The Trainers (extreme left and right) with Hon’ble Secretary and Hon’ble Minister of MoAF and ED of BAFRA
16 -18 June, Thimphu. A three days training on Electronic Traceability for Agricultural Trade Facilitation and Smallholder Integration was conducted with an aim to identify trade facilitation measures and building capacities of government and private sector stakeholders to promote intra-regional learning of such measures in the Asia–Pacific region. The training was organised by the Trade and Investment Division (TID) at UN- Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (ESCAP) and theBhutan Agriculture and Food Regulatory Authority (BAFRA).
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President of JICA calls on Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture and Forests
Posted on June 19, 2014 by Keshav Gurung
President of JICA with the Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture and Forests
17 June, Thimphu. The President of JICA Mr. Akihiko Tanaka along with Chief Secretary from THE office of JICA President Mr. Yusuhiro Tojo, Deputy Director General of South Asia Department under JICA Mr. Katsuo Matsumoto, Chief Representative of JICA Bhutan office Ms. Yumiko Asakuma and Second Secretary from Embassy of Japan Mr. Hedeki Taniguchi paid visit to Minister of Agriculture and Forests Lyonpo Yeshey Dorji and Secretary Dasho Tenzin Dhendup.
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World Day to Combat Desertification
Posted on June 19, 2014 by Keshav Gurung
Before the land management campaign
17 June, Lhuntse: Joining the world as an additional opportunity to promote public awareness on desertification and to implement activities to combat the issues, the National Soil Services Center (NSSC) under the Dept. of Agriculture, MoAF observed the World Day to Combat Desertification at Jarey Gewog under Lhuntse Dzongkhag.
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