19/11/2025: The 2nd Supervision Mission for the Building Resilient Commercial Smallholder Agriculture (BRECSA) Project was carried out from 4–19 November 2025 to assess implementation progress, field-level outcomes, and key actions needed to fast-track delivery. The joint mission, comprising representatives from IFAD and WFP and facilitated by the Project Management Unit (PMU), held a stakeholder consultation […]
“A MSP is a process in which diverse actors (producer organizations, aggregators, processors, wholesalers and service providers) collaborate to achieve a common goal.” MSP is fundamentally about participatory information sharing, decision-making and engaging in win-win business along the value chain. The actors involved must understand and commit to their roles and responsibilities to ensure success of the industry […]
Tsirang, October 17, 2025 — The Project Management Unit (PMU) of the Building Resilient Commercial Smallholder Agriculture (BRECSA) Project, in collaboration with the World Food Program (WFP), successfully organized a three-day inception workshop for the development of the Agriculture Resilience Plan (ARP) 2.0) from 15–17 October 2025 at Damphu Resort, Tsirang Dzongkhag. The ARP 2.0 […]
The Building Resilient Commercial Smallholder Agriculture (BRECSA) Project, in collaboration with the World Food Program (WFP) and Tarayana Foundation, continues to make significant strides in promoting nutrition-sensitive and climate-resilient farming practices through the establishment of Nutrition Model Gardens across its project areas. As part of the WFP Technical Assistance (TA) activities, a new Nutrition Model […]
Thimphu, October 10, 2025 – The Building Resilient Commercial Smallholder Agriculture (BRECSA) Project, in partnership with the Ministry of Health, has finalized the Training of Trainers (ToT) Manual on Nutrition Education for Sanam Jabchorpas. The two-day consultation meeting to review and finalize the manual was held in Thimphu on October 9 and 10, 2025. Officials […]
Trongsa, September 28, 2025 – The Regional Agricultural Marketing and Cooperatives Office (RAMCO), Gelephu, successfully conducted a three-day Training of Trainers (ToT) on Financial Education and Business Literacy (FEBL) for Sanam Jabjorpas (SJs) and the Economic Development and Marketing Officer (EDMO) of Trongsa Dzongkhag. The training, held from 26th to 28th September 2025 at Tendrel […]
“A MSP is a process in which diverse actors (producer organizations, aggregators, processors, wholesalers and service providers) collaborate to achieve a common goal.” MSP is fundamentally about participatory information sharing, decision-making and engaging in win-win business along the value chain. The actors involved must understand and commit to their roles and responsibilities to ensure success of the industry […]
Over the past week, farmers across Chhudzom Gewog (Sarpang), Drakteng Gewog (Trongsa), Bjoka Gewog (Zhemgang), and Tsirangtoe Gewog (Tsirang) benefited from an innovative training initiative under the Building Resilient Commercial Smallholder Agriculture (BRECSA) program. The training was successfully conducted by the Tarayana Foundation, an implementing partner of WFP Bhutan for the BRECSA project, equipping farmers […]
Tarayana Foundation, an implementing partner to WFP for the BRECSA project, successfully conducted district-level livestock training for Extension Officers and Sanam Jabchorpas. A comprehensive three-day District Level Livestock Training was successfully conducted to strengthen the capacity of Livestock Extension Officers and Sonam Jabchorpas from Tsirang, Sarpang, Trongsa, and Zhemgang districts. Held at the Tsirang PDC […]