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As part of the vegetable production and marketing plan to gear Bhutan toward self-sufficiency in vegetables, the Department of Agriculture and Marketing Cooperation (DAMC) is facilitating producers with major buyers and linkages. It also provides market information to build up sustainable long term market relations. The six eastern dzongkhags of …
Read More »Land Commission to put in place a Center for GIMS
The National Land Commission Secretariat (NLCS) will soon create a center for Geographical Information Management System (GIMS). This will herald a sustainable geo-information system of land governance. The NLCS promised that by the 11th Five Year Plan they would mainstream geo-information and provide technical backstopping to government agencies. GIMS is …
Read More »Tobacco trafficking a big concern, BNCA
Despite a number of surprise inspections and the many advocacy efforts on Tobacco Control Act, tobacco and tobacco products still make their way into Bhutan. And the trend is disturbingly on the rise with authorities increasingly making arrests and seizing contrabands every day. In a recent surprise inspection, tobacco was …
Read More »Ministry HRD Program aims to reduce mismatch in the job market
The Labor ministry (MoLHR) with its recently launched National Human Resources Development (NHRD) advisory series hopes to tackle the mismatch of skills and jobs to address overall unemployment issues. Labor Minister Dorji Wangdi said “currently, different agencies have their own Human Resources Development (HRD) policies, plans and programs which are …
Read More »Bird flu outbreak confirmed in Dagana
A suspected Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) outbreak was detected on 29 December last year on a lone poultry farm in Lhamoizingkha under Dagana. Farm Gaon located about 2.5 kms away from Lhamoizingkha town is prominent for rearing mixed types of birds like ducks, pigeons, geese, chicken. And often, wild …
Read More »Youth Cooperative looks at extending business linkages outside Bhutan through their annual retreat
The members of the Happy Green Cooperative has started their annual retreat in Phuntsholing which is aimed at building and exploring the possibility of establishing business linkages with interested business houses especially in the Agriculture sector both inside and outside the country. The first day of the Annual retreat was …
Read More »Growing an Organic Dasho Nishioka garden
Five young and aspiring agriculturalists in Panbang under Zhemgang dzongkhag scouted out the property’s most promising garden spots and eventually settled on a sunny site which judging from its thick growth of grass was highly fertile. The members have agreed to name the garden as the Nishoka Organic Garden in …
Read More »First HRD advisory series to curb unemployment
The labor ministry (MoLHR) will soon launch its first Human Resources Development (HRD) advisory series to curb unemployment issues and develop an appropriate human resources development policy, plans and programs for all the agencies. A total of around 140,000 jobs will be required in the 11th Five year Plan and …
Read More »Referees from East train to become better Referees
When we watch a football match, we hardly bother to see who the referee is because we remain focused on the players and the match. Fact is behind every successful match, the role of a referee is of great importance to help the match come out into the ones that …
Read More »Study to ascertain the demand of local vegetables versus imported ones among institutes and hotels
Popular votes are on the need for farmers to maintain consistent supply and quality vegetables plus there should be room for negotiations on the otherwise exorbitantl price the farmers hope for The customer is always king, if any economically sensible business is not bereft of the most common sense, that …
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