Food Security and Agriculture Productivity Project - FSAPP

🌱 𝟭𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱: 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 & 𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 (𝗙𝗦𝗔𝗣𝗣) 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗵𝘂𝘁𝗮𝗻. 🌱

𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝗈𝗇 𝖥𝖲𝖠𝖯𝖯 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗍𝗈𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗄𝖾𝗒 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖶𝗈𝗋𝗅𝖽 𝖡𝖺𝗇𝗄, 𝖥𝖠𝖮 𝖡𝗁𝗎𝗍𝖺𝗇, 𝖬𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗒 𝗈𝖿 𝖥𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾, 𝖬𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗒 𝗈𝖿 𝖠𝗀𝗋𝗂𝖼𝗎𝗅𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾 & 𝖫𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗈𝖼𝗄 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝖿𝗅𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖥𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝖲𝖾𝖼𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗒 & 𝖠𝗀𝗋𝗂𝖼𝗎𝗅𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝖯𝗋𝗈𝖽𝗎𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝖯𝗋𝗈𝗃𝖾𝖼𝗍’𝗌 𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌, 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗅𝗅𝖾𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 exit strategies.

𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖾𝖾𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗇𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝖱𝖾𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗌𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐤, 𝐅𝐀𝐎 𝐁𝐡𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧, 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 & 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐤, 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝖽𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗅𝗈𝗉𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗇𝖾𝗋𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖯𝗋𝗈𝗃𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝖨𝗆𝗉𝗅𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖴𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝖥𝖲𝖠𝖯𝖯.

𝖣𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝖼𝗎𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌, 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗀𝗇𝗂𝗓𝖾𝖽 𝖥𝖲𝖠𝖯𝖯’𝗌 𝗋𝗈𝗅𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝖾𝗇𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖼𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝗌𝖾𝖼𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗒, 𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗀𝗋𝗂𝖼𝗎𝗅𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖺𝗅 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖽𝗎𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗍𝗒, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗀𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗄𝖾𝗍 𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗄𝖺𝗀𝖾𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗌𝗆𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝖺𝗋𝗆𝖾𝗋𝗌. 𝖪𝖾𝗒 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗅𝗎𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝗆𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗌𝗎𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗇𝖺𝖻𝗂𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗀𝗂𝖾𝗌, 𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗎𝗉 𝗌𝗎𝖼𝖼𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖿𝗎𝗅 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗏𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋-𝖺𝗀𝖾𝗇𝖼𝗒 𝖼𝗈𝗅𝗅𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇. 𝖠𝗌 𝖥𝖲𝖠𝖯𝖯 𝗇𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝗂𝗍𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝗅𝖾𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇, 𝗐𝖾 𝖾𝗑𝗍𝖾𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗍 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗍𝗎𝖽𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗇𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗎𝗇𝗐𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗆𝗂𝗍𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍. 𝖣𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝖼𝗎𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌, 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗀𝗇𝗂𝗓𝖾𝖽 𝖥𝖲𝖠𝖯𝖯’𝗌 𝗋𝗈𝗅𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝖾𝗇𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖼𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝗌𝖾𝖼𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗒, 𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗀𝗋𝗂𝖼𝗎𝗅𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖺𝗅 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖽𝗎𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗍𝗒, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗀𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗄𝖾𝗍 𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗄𝖺𝗀𝖾𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗌𝗆𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝖺𝗋𝗆𝖾𝗋𝗌. 𝖪𝖾𝗒 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗅𝗎𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝗆𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗌𝗎𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗇𝖺𝖻𝗂𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗀𝗂𝖾𝗌, 𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗎𝗉 𝗌𝗎𝖼𝖼𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖿𝗎𝗅 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗏𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋-𝖺𝗀𝖾𝗇𝖼𝗒 𝖼𝗈𝗅𝗅𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇.

𝖠 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗍 gratitude 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖶𝗈𝗋𝗅𝖽 𝖡𝖺𝗇𝗄, 𝖥𝖠𝖮 𝖡𝗁𝗎𝗍𝖺𝗇, 𝖬𝗈𝖠𝖫, 𝖬𝗈𝖥, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗂𝗆𝗉𝗅𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗇𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝖽𝖾𝖽𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗈𝗅𝗅𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇. 𝖠𝗌 𝖥𝖲𝖠𝖯𝖯 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖼𝗅𝗎𝖽𝖾𝗌, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝖼𝗎𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗌𝗁𝗂𝖿𝗍𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗎𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗍𝗌 𝗂𝗆𝗉𝖺𝖼𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗎𝖼𝖼𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖿𝗎𝗅 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗏𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝖾𝗇𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀-𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗆 𝖻𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖿𝗂𝗍𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖡𝗁𝗎𝗍𝖺𝗇’𝗌 𝖺𝗀𝗋𝗂𝖼𝗎𝗅𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗈𝗋.

Happy Birth Anniversary la, Miwang Chop. Long Live Our King.

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐑𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 💛

Final Project Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting for FSAPP

The Food Security and Agriculture Productivity Project (FSAPP) held its 15th Project Steering Committee (PSC) meeting on 8th January 2024 in Phuentsholing, marking the culmination of a significant journey that began in 2017. The meeting was attended by esteemed PSC members, Project Monitoring and Evaluation Focal Officers, and Dzongkhag Agriculture Officers from all Project Implementing Units (PIUs).

The first day focused on reviewing project progress and addressing implementation issues for the current fiscal year. In addition, key achievements and milestones since the project's inception in 2017 were highlighted. The project has benefited 744 households in Sarpang and Samtse with four irrigation schemes, alongside the promotion of micro-irrigation technologies covering over 350 acres and benefiting 1,634 households. The project supported the Department of Department of Agricultural Marketing and Co-operatives, RGoB in establishing 27 market infrastructures, including farmers' sales outlets, centralized packhouses, field packhouses, integrated cold stores, market sheds, mushroom production units, and onion curing sheds. To address critical farming challenges due to labor shortages, the project introduced labor-saving and women-friendly machinery such as mini-tillers, benefiting 1,615 households, 37% of whom were female beneficiaries. To enhance income and livelihoods, the project promoted protected agriculture technologies, benefiting 2,624 individuals. Furthermore, the project supported the formation and strengthening of 335 farmers' groups, comprising over 10,000 farmers. The project has positively impacted 7,689 female-headed households, representing 60% of the total 13,048 beneficiary households.

The Implementation Support Mission (ISM) held in November 2024 commended the overall progress made by the project, upgrading the Project Performance Rating to "Satisfactory". The PSC commended the hard work and dedication of all the PIUs for their key achievements, particularly in light of the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

As the project concluded on 31st December 2024, with a three-month grace period for reporting and payments for implementation completed before the aforementioned date, the PSC provided invaluable guidance to the PIUs to ensure a smooth and successful project closure. The meeting also served as a significant platform for discussions on strategizing the sustainability of key initiatives undertaken by the project.

The meeting concluded with an insightful field visit to project beneficiaries in Tading Gewog under Samtse Dzongkhag on 9th December 2024.

The PMU-FSAPP expresses profound gratitude to Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Royal Government of Bhutan, Department of Agriculture, Royal Government of Bhutan, Department of Agricultural Marketing and Co-operatives, RGoB for their unwavering support and guidance, the FAO Bhutanfor providing critical technical assistance, and the World Bank South Asia for their continued support and guidance. Special thanks to all PIUs, various stakeholders, communities, and individuals involved in ensuring successful implementation of FSAPP.

Department of Agriculture, Royal Government of Bhutan Department of Agricultural Marketing and Co-operatives, RGoB
HAA Dzongkhag Administration
Chhukha Dzongkhag Administration
Dagana Dzongkhag Administration
Dzongkhag Administration, Sarpang
Samtse Dzongkhag
FAO Bhutan
World Bank
Agriculture Research and Development Center-Bajo
National Centre for Organic Agriculture

The Implementation Support Mission for the Food Security and Agriculture Productivity Project began on 18 November 2024. A team of 3 members from the World Bank, led by the Task Team Leader met with the Project team, and reviewed the implementation progress. The ISM team is currently on field visit. It is scheduled to conclude by 28 November 2024.

Good news for the potato growers!!

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𝟏𝟏/𝟏𝟎/𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒: As a part of the ongoing Project Support Team (PST) meeting for Agriculture Research and Development Center-Bajo region, PST members visited Project sites in Drujegang gewog, this afternoon. The two-day PST meeting commenced in Tsirang, yesterday, to provide updates and assess the progress of ongoing project activities in the field.

Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Royal Government of Bhutan
Department of Agriculture, Royal Government of Bhutan
Department of Agricultural Marketing and Co-operatives, RGoB
Chhukha Dagana HAA Samtse Sarpang
World Bank
World Bank South Asia

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨𝐰: The quarterly Project Support Team (PST) meeting for Food Security and Agriculture Productivity Project - FSAPP is underway in Phuentsholing. The PST meetings are held to provide updates, encourage discussions, and assess the progress of ongoing project activities in the field.

Department of Agriculture, Royal Government of Bhutan
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Royal Government of Bhutan
Department of Agricultural Marketing and Co-operatives, RGoB
Chhukha Dagana HAA Samtse Sarpang
World Bank World Bank South Asia

𝐅𝐒𝐀𝐏𝐏 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬!

Project Director: "The project aimed at enhancing farmers groups, strengthening their capacity and improved nutrition. Four major irrigation channels benefitting over 744 households and over 1,000 micro-irrigation sets were constructed.”

Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Royal Government of Bhutan
Department of Agriculture, Royal Government of Bhutan
Department of Agricultural Marketing and Co-operatives, RGoB
Chhukha Dagana HAA Samtse Sarpang
National Centre for Organic Agriculture
Agriculture Research and Development Center-Bajo
FAO Bhutan
World Bank World Bank South Asia



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FSAPP project surpasses targets, enhances market linkages Yog Raj Limbu, a farmer from Kuchinthang in Tendruk, Samtse grows vegetables throughout the year because of financial and technical assistance that came through the Food Security and Agriculture Productivity Project (FSAPP).

𝟏𝟓/𝟎𝟕/𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒: This morning, the assistant FAO Representative from FAO Bhutan officially concluded the technical assistance (TA) provision to Food Security and Agriculture Productivity Project - FSAPP with the handing over of communication and knowledge management products, including project equipment, to the National Project Director, FSAPP. This marks the end of the technical assistance provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to the FSAPP Project Management Unit (PMU). The FAO's support included nutrition education, procurement, marketing, communications, safeguards, operations, and various other technical assistance as required by the project management.

Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Royal Government of Bhutan
Department of Agriculture, Royal Government of Bhutan
Department of Agricultural Marketing and Co-operatives, RGoB
Chhukha Dagana HAA Samtse Sarpang
National Centre for Organic Agriculture
Agriculture Research and Development Center-Bajo
World Bank World Bank South Asia

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨𝐰: The Project Support Team (PST) meeting for National Centre for Organic Agriculture Yusipang region is underway at the centre in Yusipang. These quarterly PST meetings aim to provide updates, foster discussions, and evaluate the progress of ongoing project activities in the field.

Department of Agriculture, Royal Government of Bhutan
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Royal Government of Bhutan
Department of Agricultural Marketing and Co-operatives, RGoB
Chhukha Dagana HAA Samtse Sarpang
FAO Bhutan
World Bank World Bank South Asia

𝐅𝐒𝐀𝐏𝐏 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬

The benefits of the template extends beyond individual farmers. Agriculture officers can use the data to understand the economic health of various crops, offering better advice to farmers. Officials can identify trends, recommend more profitable crops, and promote best practices using the template.

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Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Royal Government of Bhutan
Department of Agricultural Marketing and Co-operatives, RGoB
Department of Agriculture, Royal Government of Bhutan
Chhukha Dagana HAA Samtse Sarpang
National Centre for Organic Agriculture
Agriculture Research and Development Center-Bajo
FAO Bhutan
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