This site uses cookies, as explained in our terms of use. If you consent, please close this message and continue to use this site.
0 mins Read
Bhutan’s Agriculture and Forests Minister Lyonpo Yeshey Dorji inaugurated a kiwi fruit orchard (demonstration farm) in Wangkha on 15 March 2015. The orchard was established by ICIMOD in collaboration with the Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI).
Cultivating kiwi fruit on sloping land in the mid-hill areas can help prevent soil erosion. Kiwi cultivation is thus a sustainable land management practice. This high-value crop introduces biodiversity and improves livelihoods by providing a source of cash income for mountain farmers.
ICIMOD and BCCI have provided 200 kiwi fruit saplings and a kilogram of seeds for the pilot project sites. They have also provided technical backstopping in setting up kiwi fruit orchards in two separate locations in Wangkha and Chasilakha. The technical support was provided for selecting appropriate layout for the kiwi orchard, ensuring the ideal density of kiwi plants based on land availability, making a T-trellis to support Kiwi plants, and for preparing seedbeds to raise the kiwi seedlings for rootstocks.
Kiwi fruit cultivation is one of the potential activities identified for Chukha under the ‘One Dzongkhag Three Products’ (ODTPs) initiative. It has been initiated as one of the first pilot projects.
Share
Stay up to date on what’s happening around the HKH with our most recent publications and find out how you can help by subscribing to our mailing list.
related contents
Nepal, India, and Bhutan – which share the transboundary Kangchenjunga landscape in the eastern Himalaya – have been connected through ...
Participation of the private sector has opened up avenues for joint collaboration with local authorities for sustainable WUMP schemes and ...
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA), Government of Nepal, in close collaboration with the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), and technical ...
The goal of the workshop was to concretize regional technical collaboration to support the nomination of the Hkakaborazi Landscape nomination ...
Bihar, India’s most flood-prone state, is under constant threat of flooding. Every year, floods destroy lives, livestock, infrastructure and bring ...
ICIMOD participated in a discussion and mountain fair programme organized by the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts ...
With the aim to raise the importance of springshed management and bring visibility and outreach on spring and ground water ...