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Bhutan

  1. Overview
  2. Country Strategy
  3. Priorities
  4. Key Program Managers
  5. Current Projects
  6. Concluded Projects
  7. Achievements
  8. Relevant Publications
  9. Country Office
  10. Country Portfolio
  11. AusAid and Other Briefs
  12. Fellowship Statistics
Overview

ACIAR's small program with Bhutan began in 1998. Because of Bhutan's relative lack of capacity to effect significant change across many agricultural sectors at once, the program will remain small and very tightly focused. Earlier ACIAR research to develop Newcastle disease vaccine for village chickens was extended and adapted for the situation in Bhutan with the help of AusAID funding, and projects were initiated on the management of fruit flies and on footrot management in ruminants. A major initiative on improvement of citrus production (Bhutan's largest horticultural export industry) and pest and disease management is being implemented, as well as a smaller study on water and land management.