Bumthang: The Hon’ble Agriculture Secretary, Dasho Thinley Namgyel visited Bumthang on 27-28 October. On October 27, Dasho visited Wobthang Organic Wonders (WoW) farm in Tang gewog. On the morning of October 28, Dasho met with the RNR staff including the sector and regional heads among others. The meeting discussed briefly on mandates, achievements, issues and challenges for different sectors.
In the afternoon, Dasho visited the RNR offices such as National Equine Research and Development Centre, National Seed Centre, Central Machinery Unit, National Highland Research and Development Centre, National Research and Development Centre for Animal Nutrition, Regional Cattle Breeding Centre and Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment Research.
During the meeting, Dasho informed the officials to prioritise those activities that can significantly contribute to economic recovery, employment creation and import substitution. He expressed his appreciation to all the RNR officials for the wonderful contribution to GDP as the RNR sector was one of the two sectors that has seen positive GDP growth despite the pandemic.
On his way back to Thimphu on 29 October, Dasho will visit Phaithang farm in Trongsa.
-PPD and ICTD
