Agriculture Research and Development Highlights 2018-19
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ROYAL GOVERNMENT OF BHUTAN Agriculture Research and Development Highlights 2018-2019 2019 Department of Agriculture Ministry of Agriculture and Forests Thimphu: Bhutan )25(:25' The Department of Agriculture is pleased to bring out its “Annual Research and Development Highlights” for the fiscal year 2018-19. This annual publication is a concise summary of all major achievements made in research and development by Agriculture Research and Development Centres (ARDCs), Central Programs, Commodity Programs and Support Services within the department. It is an attempt to document the department’s progress highlight for the reporting year while also addressing the challenges in pursuit of crop research and production, service delivery, infrastructure establishment and capacity building. It is a result of concerted effort put in to collect reports from all agencies within the Department of Agriculture, collate the information, analyse and synthesize them into an abridged version that succinctly presents the progress for the past one year. The highlights are aggregated into different groups of approved programs, and therefore relay the cumulative figure of all major achievements by agencies within the department for the year. The reporting format and the style of reporting allows for readers to browse through separate sections of interests to get a definitive overview of achievements thereof. Readers are however, encouraged to refer to annual reports of individual agencies for an exhaustive coverage. Individual agencies take out their own separate reports that provide comprehensive coverage of their respective progress. I commend the Agriculture Research & Extension Division (ARED) and the editor for their diligence in meticulously going through every single report to analyse and take out this single synthesized summary for the department. With best regards, .LQOD\7VKHULQJ 0V ',5(&725 7DEOHRI&RQWHQWV )25(:25', /,672)7$%/(6,, /,672)),*85(6,,, 6800$5<9 5(6($5&++,*+/,*+76 1.1 FIELD CROPS.......................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1.1 Rice ................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1.2 Maize ................................................................................................................................................ 4 1.1.3 Quinoa .............................................................................................................................................. 4 1.1.4 Oilseeds ............................................................................................................................................ 5 1.1.5 Legumes & Other cereals ................................................................................................................. 5 1.2 HORTICULTURAL CROPS........................................................................................................................ 7 1.2.1 Vegetables......................................................................................................................................... 7 1.2.2 Potato................................................................................................................................................ 8 1.2.3 Fruits and Nuts ............................................................................................................................... 10 1.2.4 Citrus .............................................................................................................................................. 11 1.2.5 Mushroom....................................................................................................................................... 12 1.2.6 MAPS.............................................................................................................................................. 13 '(9(/230(17+,*+/,*+76 2.1 FIELD CROPS........................................................................................................................................ 15 2.1.1 Rice ................................................................................................................................................. 15 2.1.2 Maize .............................................................................................................................................. 15 2.1.3 Quinoa ............................................................................................................................................ 16 2.1.4 Oilseeds .......................................................................................................................................... 18 2.1.5 Legumes & Other Cereals .............................................................................................................. 18 2.2 HORTICULTURAL CROPS...................................................................................................................... 19 2.2.1 Vegetables....................................................................................................................................... 19 2.2.2 Potato.............................................................................................................................................. 22 2.2.3 Fruits and Nuts ............................................................................................................................... 22 2.2.4 Citrus .............................................................................................................................................. 23 2.2.5 Mushroom....................................................................................................................................... 25 2.2.6 MAPS.............................................................................................................................................. 26 2.2.7 Floriculture & Amenity Landscaping ............................................................................................. 28 2.3 ORGANIC ............................................................................................................................................. 29 68332576(59,&(6 3.1 FARM MECHANISATION ....................................................................................................................... 33 3.1.1 Research ......................................................................................................................................... 33 3.1.2 Developments.................................................................................................................................. 34 3.2 PLANT PROTECTION SERVICES............................................................................................................. 35 3.2.1 Research ......................................................................................................................................... 35 3.2.2 Developments.................................................................................................................................. 40 3.3 POST HARVEST PROGRAM ................................................................................................................... 42 3.3.1 Research ......................................................................................................................................... 42 3.3.2 Developments.................................................................................................................................. 44 3.4 SEEDS AND PLANTS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.................................................................................... 44 3.4.1 Developments.................................................................................................................................. 44 3.5 SOIL SERVICES PROGRAM.................................................................................................................... 47 3.5.1 Research ......................................................................................................................................... 47 3.5.2 Developments.................................................................................................................................. 49 6&+22/$*5,&8/785(352*5$0 )$50,1)5$6758&785( 5.1 FARM ROADS &LAND DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................................ 57 5.2 IRRIGATION.......................................................................................................................................... 57 i /,672)7$%/(6 TABLE 1ON FARM EVALUATION ............................................................................................................................. 2 TABLE 2SEED PRODUCTION OF TRADITIONAL VARIETIES........................................................................................ 3 TABLE 3WHEAT LINES IN EVALUATION .................................................................................................................. 6 TABLE 4WHEAT SEED PRODUCTION BY ARDCS (2018-19).................................................................................... 6 TABLE 5COST OF PRODUCTION AMONGST MULCH TREATMENT IN GREENHOUSE TOMATO...................................... 8 TABLE 6MICRO-TUBERS IN GREENHOUSE (YUSIPANG) PLANTED OUT FROM TISSUE CULTURE................................ 9