27 January Chiang Rai, Thailand: Twelve new projects, two from the Thai side and ten from the Bhutanese side were considered during the Third Joint Agricultural Working Group (JAWG) meeting.
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2013 was a good year for Farmers Groups involved in Vegetable Value Chain Programme in the East. The programme focused mainly on cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, radish, peas, broccoli and beans. In 2013, 114 farmers groups earned Nu. 8.86 million from these seven vegetables. The total quantity of vegetables sold including all vegetables (potatoes and other 24 different vegetables) by 114 farmers groups amounts to 1229 MT, generating Nu 20.6 million.
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The Chinese Pond Heron ( Ardeola bacchus ) was spotted by the team of Bumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary during their regular high altitude patrolling duty at Singye Dzong. The Chinese Pond Heron is a freshwater bird of the heron family (Areidae).
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10 January, Thimphu: The Watershed Management Division (WMD) under the Department of Forest and Park Services (DoFPS) organized a national level stakeholders meeting to discuss and agree on the draft Integrated River Basin Management Plan (IRBMP) developed for Kulongchu sub basin under Tashi Yangtse Dzongkhag.
The team developed the IRBMP in consultation with the various stakeholders at dzongkhag level, and to further improve the plan, the national stakeholders meeting would discuss and agree on the proposed vision, goals and other details required in the IRBMP in general and for Kulongchu sub basin in particular.
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7-8 January, Phuentsholing: Since the emergence of Avian Influenza A (H7N9) in China, an emergency surveillance of H7N9 was conducted during May-July 2013 in ‘at risk’ neighbouring countries in the South and Southeast Asian regions including Bhutan with financial and technical support from USAID and FAO. While H7N9 infection in poultry has not been detected in Bhutan and other countries during the initial emergency surveillance, it was felt necessary to conduct a coordinated sub-regional surveillance and response to Avian Influenza A (H7N9) in poultry and other animals populations to enable targeted countries to better detect, control and respond to A (H7N9) influenza.
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