Report on Gulibi Youth Farm Entrepreneurs Visit to ARDC

Wengkhar and ARDSC Lingmethang

Date: 10-11 May 2017

Report Complied By;

SangayJamtsho and ThinlayWangdi

(ARDC Wengkhar) (ARDSC Lingmethang)

ARDC Wengkhar - CARLEP IFAD Activity Implementation Report No. 8/2016-17

Youth farmers group of Gulibi from Minjeygeog under LhuntseDzongkhag visited the

Agriculture Research and Development Centre Wengkhar and Sub-centreat Lingmethang from

10th

and 11th

May 2017. The group which consists of 23 members was lead by the MinjeyGeog

Agriculture Extension official with an objective to get an exposure on the farming technologies

at Centre.

On 10th

May the youth group visited Sub-centreLingmethang. Upon arrival the participants were

served tea with biscuits. They were then brief about the centre and the activities in the field. The

group was then lead to the field to see various activities in the field. They had visited the dragon

fruit, avocado, mango, litchi, pomelo, banana, papaya, watermelon, vegetable production blocks

and maize seed production block. The groups were then taken to the nursery block were they

were explained on fruit crop nursery production techniques and vegetable nursery growing

techniques like poly bag fillings, grafting on avocado fruit plants and vegetable transplanting.

After the lunch the group was taken to the Mountain Hazelnut Venture. They were taken in the

hazelnut nursery production and visited the medium preparation, cooling chamber, medium

sterilization block and nursery raising techniques.

After the visit at the Mountain Hazelnut Venture Gulibi Youth Farmers group was then taken to

the Regional Pig and Poultry Breeding Centre. From there the group then departed to Agriculture

Research and Development Centre, Wengkhar.

Figure 1:Youth visit to Lingmethang

On 11th

the youth group visited at ARDC Wengkhar.

At Wengkharthey were presented on centre

information, technologies available at centre for

commercialization of agriculture and how centre

helps youth and other clients to come up with

farming by Mr. SangayJamtsho (Res. Com. Sector).

CARLEP, PD high-lighted the important roles of

youth as farmers and shared heart-felt appreciation

for them for being Educated Youth Farmers.

To believe in farming and to show available resources and inputs at centre for farming, youths

were guided towards field starting from the visit of seed bank. They were shown how to preserve

seeds and store seeds. They are also explored to the seed display room to show them availability

of seeds on different varieties of different crops.

Figure 2: Briefing youth on farming Technologies

Figure 3: Visit to Seed Bank and display room

Then they were taken to kiwi block, citrus, Persimmon and pear blocks. During the visit, they

were educated on orchard management practices and high-lighted on importance of pruning,

training, fruit thinning, irrigation, fertilization and manure.

Mr. TsheringPenjor, Agriculture Principal Officer, who developed smart irrigation and Electric

Fencing emphasized to make use of such improved technologies and he stated that such

technologies has now made farming much easier to farmers. Working mechanism of automated

smart irrigation was also demonstrated for them keeping in view of water scarcity and

importance of water for plants as well as for whole world.

Figure 4: Visit to Citrus orchard and Pear orchard

Figure 5: Demonstration on working mechanism of Smart Irrigation

To start with farming, youth group has started with upland paddy, soya-bean and vegetables. So, they

were taken to visit vegetable blocks. Mr. Karma Tenzin and M/s. KelzangLhadon, in briefexplained them

regarding vegetable cultivation and vegetable seed production.

Last session of their visit was; practical on citrus grafting. Mr. UgyenSonam Sr. Agri-Supervisor. First

explained them on different methods of plant propagations, he also shared some knowledge regarding

important benefits of plant propagations. Then he demonstrated on citrus grafting and citrus budding

for the visitors, The Youth Group.

All the youth were strongly motivated for farming and they said they will do their best to work as

farmers. The whole program was successful with fund support from CARLEP-IFAD.

Figure 6: Visit to vegetable blocks

Figure 7: Learning techniques on plant propagation

List of Participants

Sl. No. Name Gender Contact No.

1 Deki Yuden F 77309078

2 Tashi Yangzom F 17948782

3 Sonam Choden F 17628686

4 Tashi Tshomo F 17672162

5 Pema Tenzin M 17301032

6 Thinley Jamtsho M 17628521

7 Pema Yangzom F 17576554

8 Karma M 17647611

9 Gayduen Jamtsho M 17659085

10 Ngawang Zangmo F 17310456

11 Pema Yuden F 77413968

12 Chimi Selden F 17591132

13 Pema Tenzin M

14 Tashi Wangdi M

15 Dechen Wangmo F 17948786

16 Choki Dema F 17597008

17 Thukten Lhamo F 17552657

18 Pema Yangden F 17948532

19 Jambay Dema F 17627312

20 Kunzang Tshomo F 17902567

21 Yangchen F 1774090

22 Sonam Dorji M 16930571

23 Sangay Dema F 77270726

24 Peme Choden F 17335796

25 Ugyen Yeshi M Bus Driver

26 Sonam Gyeltshen M ARDC Wengkhar staff

27 Kinley Tshering M ARDC Wengkhar staff

28 Karma Tenzin M ARDC Wengkhar staff

29 Ugyen Sonam M ARDC Wengkhar staff

30 Tshering Penjor M ARDC Wengkhar staff

31 Kelzang Lhadon F ARDC Wengkhar staff

32 Sangay Jamtsho M ARDC Wengkhar staff