• Applications invited for Postgraduate Study Fellowships

    Posted on by Keshav Gurung

    Applications are invited for a One Health Epidemiology Fellowship Program being implemented in Afghanistan, Bhutan, Nepal, and Bangladesh by Massey University, New Zealand. The Program is funded by the European Commission under the One Health Program in Asia.

    The program will be undertaken by six participants in each of the four participating countries (24 participants in total), comprising two public health, two animal health and two wildlife healthparticipants, beginning on 15 September 2014.

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  • Technical Workshop on Risk based Food Imports

    Posted on by ICTD, MoAF
    Participants with chief guest
    Participants with chief guest

    26 June, Thimphu: The Bhutan Agriculture and Food Regulatory Authority (BAFRA) is organizing a technical workshop for the food inspectors to discuss the proposed imported food program.The proposed program will identify the procedures for applying and issuing an import permit for food. It will also establish procedures for inspecting imported food at the border and for inspecting food importers against Good Importing Practices.

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  • Bhutanese Farmers try Hybrid Maize

    Posted on by ICTD, MoAF
    Hybrid Maize fields at Biru, Samtse
    Hybrid Maize fields at Biru, Samtse

    In order to enhance maize productivity and contribute to food self sufficiency, the National Maize Program at RNR RDC Wengkhar, DoA MoAF explored the potentials of Hybrid Maize as a spring crop mainly as pre rice in fallow paddy fields. A total of five hybrid maize varieties were introduced from Pioneer Seeds, Hyderabad with supports of the Decentralized Rural Development Project, World Bank – Additional Financing, DoA MOAF (DRDP-WB/AF / Maize Research and Development).

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