The National Center for Animal Health in collaboration with National Veterinary Hospital, Department of Livestock is conducting the first round of master training of the trainers (ToT) on the enhanced Veterinary Information System (VIS), an online animal health database management system of Bhutan, from 26-29 September 2022 in Punakha. The system has four main modules Read more….
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The Bhutan Journal of Animal Science invites manuscripts for the upcoming Volume 7, Issue 1, March 2023. The manuscript can be submitted online (ojs.moaf.gov.bt), and if you face problems with online submission, please submit it to the Editor-in-Chief through mail at bjaseditorial2017@gmail.com. A manuscript submitted to BJAS will be deemed acceptable only if they have not Read more….
Vacancy re-announcement: Sl.No. Name of post Catagory No. of posts Age limit Sex Place of posting 1 Fishery Attendant (ESP) 2 nos. (18-50) Male/Female NR&DCA, Fishery Farm Gelephu The following documents should be submitted at the time of submission of applications: RCSC employment form (annexure 4/1) with passport size photograph. Valid Security Clearance Original Read more….
Final-Young people drive local climate solution A youth-led group engaged in climate-smart green forage production and sustainable dairy farming in Zhemgang, one of Bhutan’s remotest districts, improve livelihoods and tackle human-wildlife conflict and biodiversity loss. Life was anything but easy or attractive in Shingkhar Gewog, Zhemgang. Large swathes of farmlands remained fallow as the remote Read more….
06 July 2022: The Department of Livestock launches the following documents: Fishes of Eastern Bhutan A book titled “Fishes of Eastern Bhutan”, is developed by the National Research and Development Center for Riverine & Lake Fisheries (NRDCRLF), Haa. It represents the second edition in a two-volume series documenting the diversity of fishes in Bhutan Read more….
2022-06-21: Livestock diseases cause devastating socio-economic losses and serious damage to the livelihoods, food security and nutrition of, especially, the small-scale farmers. With 60% of Bhutanese living in rural areas and depending on agriculture and livestock farming, livestock diseases are a potential threat to their livelihood. When these diseases are zoonotic in nature, it can Read more….
Ministry of Agriculture & Forests Department of Livestock (a multi-pronged approach and focused livestock enterprise development) Big Ticket Initiative (BTI) Gainfully engage youths in poultry and piggery farming as an enterprise Boost income of the farmers and youths to enhance their livelihood Accelerate domestic egg, chicken and pork production to substitute import Read more….
20th May, 2022: The Bhutan Yak Federation 2nd General Assembly Meeting funded by Resilient Mountain Solution, ICIMOD was held in Dekyil Hotel, Bumthang w.e.f 19th to 20th May, 2022. The meeting was attended by chairpersons and members from 12 yak cooperatives across the country, the representatives from the Department of Agriculture Marketing and Cooperatives (DAMC), Read more….
