Enhancing Local Community through Effective and Engaging Packaging Training

A comprehensive five-day packaging workshop was conducted for the representatives of Climate-smart Agriculture Youth and Women groups of the three project sites (Punakha, Trongsa, and Zhemgang districts) to raise awareness about diverse marketing avenues available at both national and international platforms for their community’s local products.

The training had the following objectives:

1.Enhancing the capacity of local communities, specifically youth and women groups, in packaging and marketing their local products.

2.Equipping local producers with essential skills in hygiene, standards, design, labeling, branding, packaging, and marketing for their local products.

3.Fostering self-sufficiency and generate income opportunities within the community.

During the training, the participants were provided the opportunity to explore available resources and facilities that could elevate the value of their existing local products. The workshop was conducted with the technical support from Cottage & Small Industry (CSI), Department of Industry and coordinated by RSPN as part of the ongoing BMUVI-IKI project.

This project is funded by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV), Germany through International Climate Initiative (IKI) with co-funding from MAVA Foundation, Switzerland and the Royal Society for Protection of Nature (RSPN).

Coinciding with the auspicious Birth Anniversary of our beloved Gyalsey, Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, RSPN team and Extension Agriculture officers distributed hybrid seeds and seedlings to 135 households under Nimshong chiwog, Trongsa and Norbuling chiwog, Dagana districts.

This seed and seedling activity is a part of the Climate Smart Agriculture initiative to improve livelihood opportunities of the local communities living in the White-bellied Heron Landscape.

In the following months, other districts, Punakha, Wangdue Phodrang and Tsirang, within the White-bellied Heron landscape will receive similar support.

This project is funded by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV), Germany through International Climate Initiative (IKI) with co-funding from MAVA Foundation, Switzerland and the Royal Society for Protection of Nature (RSPN).

Agriculture plays a crucial role in economic development and has been the backbone of civilizations throughout history, providing sustenance and livelihoods to communities worldwide.

Post-harvest practice is key in keeping the harvested produce’s quality. Poor post-harvest practices and storage could lead to damage to yield, resulting in a huge loss. The post-harvest practice is the transformation of agricultural products into food, or from one form of food into other forms.

To instill post harvest techniques within the communities and also built capacity of the community members living in the White-bellied Heron Landscape, a two-day training on Post-harvest techniques, Pests and Disease management and food processing was provided. The training was attended by 44 (male 11 & 33 female) community members from Nimshong Toe and Moe chiwogs under Korphu gewog, Trongsa district.

It is funded by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV), Germany through International Climate Initiative (IKI) with co-funding from MAVA Foundation, Switzerland and the Royal Society for Protection of Nature (RSPN).

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀.

The communities of Langdurbi and Phulabi chiwogs under Zhemgang district are now aware of the marketing linkage components after the successful completion of recently held training.

A four-day market linkage training (February 3-8th,2023) under the #CFLIproject was organized by RSPN in collaboration with gewog extension officers under the Zhemgang district administration.

Through this training, following outcomes were achieved:

1. Established market mechanisms for agricultural products

2. Held Education on cooperative function and regulations

3. Adoption of the management guideline/ by-laws and marketing plan

“𝙈𝙮 𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙. 𝙃𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙥 𝙖𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙨. 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙛 𝙤𝙛 𝙒𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙎𝙚𝙡𝙛-𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥𝙨, 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙍𝙎𝙋𝙉 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙁𝙇𝙄 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙥𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩. “- 𝙈𝙧𝙨. 𝙇𝙚𝙠𝙞 𝘿𝙚𝙢𝙖, 𝙋𝙝𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙞 𝙏𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙥𝙖

The training was able to reach out to 82 participants (47 female and 35 male) from the two chiwogs.

RSPN would like to thank the Election Commission of Bhutan, Zhemgang Dzongkhag administration, and Bardo gewog for your continued support and cooperation.