The Agriculture Research and Innovation Division of the Department of Agriculture organized a two day training program funded by the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The training covered special session on crop damage and loss assessment methodology, climate resilient agriculture technologies released by NCOA Yusipang, ARDCs, NSSC and AMTC. There was also a special presentation by […]

The Department of Agriculture is pleased to publish the vegetable breeding strategy 2024-2033. We hope that the vegetable breeding strategy becomes a guiding document for breeding vegetables to achieve vegetable self-sufficiency and for sustainable and innovative practices that will enhance agriculture productivity. https://doa.gov.bt/publication-of-vegetable-breeding-strategy-2024-2033/  

𝟐𝟖 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭, 𝐆𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐮: The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock launched a project titled “Building Resilient Commercial Smallholder Agriculture (BRECSA)” in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) today at Gelephu. Besides the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock officials, the launch program was attended by Dzongdas of Trongsa, […]

The current weather conditions are conducive to the development of the rice blast fungus (Pyricularia oryzae). Rice blasts can devastate paddy and lead to significant yield losses, especially when susceptible varieties are grown. The Centre would like to inform the extension agents to scout the fields for blast incidence and advise farmers on actions required: […]

The workshop on 5th National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plan (NBSAP) and 7th National Report (NR) is currently being held in Paro to deliberate the activities for the development and formulation of 5th NBSAP and 7th NR. During the workshop, the technical working groups will be actively engaged in thorough assessment and review of previous NBSAP to establish […]

28 May, Sarpang: The first ever village organic fair was held at Chhudzom Gewog under Sarapng Dzongkhag from 27-28 May, 2023. The main objectives of the village fair were to bring together organic farmers of the gewog, showcase and share experiences and to provide market avenue. It also aimed to encourage and advocate other organic […]

19 May, Thimphu: The NASA SERVIR Program and the Department of Agriculture (DoA), Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock officially launched the geospatial application Agricultural Classification and Estimation Services (ACES) on 18 May 2023. The application was co-developed by NASA SERVIR program and DoA and focusses on mapping small holder rice farms in Bhutan. The ACES web […]