𝐑𝐒𝐏𝐍 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐲𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝟏𝟑𝟓 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐰𝐨𝐠, 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐰𝐨𝐠, 𝐃𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐬.

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).