June 19 2023: The Livestock Research and Extension Division (LRED) and the National Livestock Research Center (NLRC) finalised the draft of the Livestock Research Strategy (3rd Edition) and identified key research priorities for the 13th Five Year Plan (FYP) period.
𝟏𝟗 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑: The Department of Livestock is currently conducting a consultative meeting, involving data managers, with its centers and farms. The purpose of this meeting is to collaboratively formulate, review, and finalize the reporting formats for input farms and
𝟏𝟒 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑: The annual general meeting of the Bhutan Yak Federation (BYF) was held from 13th to 14th June 2023 at Phuntsho Hotel in Bumthang. The primary objective of this year’s meeting was to empower the board of directors
𝟐 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑: The Department of Livestock held its 15th Departmental meeting with the Ministry, chaired by Dasho Secretary. The meeting also attended by Director, DoL, officials from HQ, PPD, Ministry Cluster Finance Service, Dzongkhag Livestock Sectors, Centres and farms
𝟖-𝟗 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑: The Department of Livestock, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Royal Government of Bhutan is currently holding a consultation meeting to review the draft Livestock Bill of Bhutan with an objective to foster constructive discussions and solicit valuable
𝟐𝟕 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑: The expert mission on African Swine Fever (ASF) from Emergency Management Centre (EMC) of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) were in the country to assess the current ASF situation. The EMC mission consisted of ASF experts
𝟐𝟒 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑: The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MoAL), led by the Department of Livestock (DoL), convened a coordination meeting with stakeholders to address key issues and challenges faced by the highland communities of Soe Yaksa and Nubri. The
𝟐𝟑 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑: A three-day workshop was conducted in Bumthang on estimation of Green House Gases (GHG) from livestock systems using Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) method for the Livestock Production Officers (LPOs) of 20 dzongkhags and National Livestock
