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RNR STATISTICALCOORDINATIONSECTION
POLICYANDPLANNINGDIVISION
MARCH2013
COMPILED BY: KARPO DUKPA, RNR-SCS, PPD, MOAF
ROYALGOVERNMENTOFBHUTAN
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Foreword
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forests (MoAF) is once again pleased to publish the
Bhutan RNR Stascs (BRS) 2012, its 3rdedion. It is a comprehensive and systemac
compendium of basic stascal informaon of the Renewable Natural Resources (RNR)
sector.
This BRS is expected to serve as the major source of informaon for planners, policy
makers, researchers and academicians. The compilaon is based on informaon gathered
through periodic stascal censuses and surveys, as well as from the administrave data
maintained by various departments and agencies within the ministry of agriculture and
forests (MoAF).
I am very pleased to note that every eort has been made to ensure the basic quality
and reliability of stascs contained in this publicaon. Data validaon, compilaonand updang protocols have been strictly observed with all the data sources and RNR
Stascal Steering Group (RNR-SSC). Brief notes on the coverage and data sources,
wherever possible, have been provided for the benet of the users.
This publicaon is yet another eort by the RNR Stascal Coordinaon Secon (RNR-
SCS) of the Policy and Planning Division (PPD) MoAF in its connuous and concerted
commitment to intensifying disseminaon of reliable informaon to wider audiences.
This iniave is also to strengthen the implementaon of the policy of One Gateway
for RNR stascs disseminaon, which is one of the crical components of the RNR
Stascal Framework.
The MoAF would like to congratulate and extend its appreciaon to the PPD and all
departments / agencies including dzongkhag RNR sectors, for successfully bringing
out this publicaon. The contribuons and hard works of RNR-SSC members and all
individuals in the informaon management secons of departments and agencies are
much appreciated.
In order to improve the quality of the forthcoming issues, we would like to solicit
comments and suggesons from the users of this publicaon. The comments can be
communicated to RNR-SCS, PPD, MoAF.
(Sherub Gyaltshen)
Secretary
March 2013
Thimphu
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Table of Contents
Foreword .........................................................................................................................i
Table of Contents............................................................................................................ iiAbbreviaons .................................................................................................................x
Summary Indicators....................................................................................................... xi
CHAPTER 1 ..............................................................................................................1
1.1: Regional Classicaon and Administrave Units ............................................. 1
1.2: Five-Year Plans Budgetary Outlay ..................................................................... 2
1.3: RNR Gross Domesc Products ......................................................................... 3
CHAPTER 2 ..............................................................................................................8
2.1: RNR Stascal Framework 2012 in brief .......................................................... 8
CHAPTER 3 ............................................................................................................ 10
3.1: Human Resource Prole ................................................................................. 10
CHAPTER 4 ............................................................................................................ 16
4.1: Land Cover ..................................................................................................... 16
CHAPTER 5 ............................................................................................................ 22
5.1: Agriculture ..................................................................................................... 225.1.1: Trends in producon of major cereal crops ................................................... 22
5.1.2: Trends in the producon of major fruit crops ................................................ 24
5.1.3: Trends in the producon of vegetables and other horculture crops ........... 26
5.2: Livestock ......................................................................................................... 30
5.2.1: Livestock populaon trends ........................................................................... 31
5.2.2: Local cale and improved cale trends ......................................................... 31
5.2.3: Livestock producon trends ........................................................................... 32
5.2.4: Livestock populaon trends at dzongkhag level ............................................ 33
5.3: Forestry.......................................................................................................... 355.3.1: Forest areas under tree cover ........................................................................ 36
5.3.2: Protected areas and biological corridors....................................................... 37
5.3.3: Forest Management Units ............................................................................. 37
5.3.4: Forest resources ulizaon ............................................................................ 39
5.3.5: Community Forestry ...................................................................................... 42
5.3.6: Allotment of GRF land for other purposes ..................................................... 44
CHAPTER 6 ............................................................................................................ 45
6.1: Food Self-suciency ...................................................................................... 45
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6.1.1: Food-grain self-suciency ............................................................................. 47
6.1.2: Vegetables and fruits self-suciency ............................................................. 48
6.1.3: Livestock products self-suciency ................................................................. 48
6.1.4: Analysis of food-grains self-suciency at dzongkhag level ............................ 49
CHAPTER 7 ............................................................................................................ 537.1: Rural Households Income .............................................................................. 53
7.1.1: Marketed value of primary producon .......................................................... 54
7.1.2 Monetary valuaon of primary producon ................................................... 55
CHAPTER 8 ............................................................................................................ 57
8.1: External Trade................................................................................................ 57
CHAPTER 9 ............................................................................................................ 62
9.1: Commodity Prices ..... .................................................................................... 62
CHAPTER 10........................................................................................................... 64
10.1: RNR Farmers Groups and Cooperaves ......................................................... 64
CHAPTER 11........................................................................................................... 66
11.1: One-Stop Farmers Shop and Agricultural Market Sheds ................................ 66
11.1.1: One-Stop Farmers Shop (OSFS) ...................................................................... 66
11.1.2: Agricultural Markeng Insfrastructure ........................................................... 67
CHAPTER 12........................................................................................................... 6812.1: Farmers Capacity Development ..................................................................... 68
CHAPTER 13........................................................................................................... 76
13.1: Agricultural Inputs.......................................................................................... 76
CHAPTER 14........................................................................................................... 78
14.1: Agriculture survey 2011 ................................................................................. 78
14.1.2: Summary of Key Results ................................................................................. 79
14.1.3: Agriculture survey 2011 results at Dzongkhag level ...................................... 8414.1.3.1Crop Producon ............................................................................................ 84
14.1.3.2Food grain security...................................................................................... 100
14.1.3.3Farming households cash income ............................................................... 101
14.1.3.4Farming households members ................................................................... 107
14.1.3.5Motor-road access ...................................................................................... 110
CHAPTER 14......................................................................................................... 111
15.1: Livestock Census 2011 ................................................................................. 111
15.1.1: Summary of Key Results .............................................................................. 111
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15.1.2: Livestock census 2011 results at Dzongkhag level ...................................... 113
15.1.2.1Livestock populaon ................................................................................... 113
15.1.2.2Livestock producon ................................................................................... 119
15.1.2.3Monetary valuaon of livestock products ................................................... 122
CHAPTER 16......................................................................................................... 126 Geog Level Data ........................................................................................... 125
16.1 Agriculture survey results, 2011 .................................................................. 134
16.2 Livestock census results, 2011 ..................................................................... 257
16.3 Community Forestry, 2012 ........................................................................... 329
16.4 Land cover ................................................................................................... 334
CHAPTER 17......................................................................................................... 356
17.1: Annexures.................................................................................................... 356
Annexure 17.1.1:Descripon of Land Cover Classes ................................................. 356
Annexure 17.1.2:Technical note on Agriculture Survey 2011 .................................... 360
Annexure 17.1.3:Revised selling prices list of farm machineries and tools ............... 363
Annexure 17.1.4:Revised selling prices list of plant seeds / seedlings and
ferlizers ....................................................................................... 364
Annexure 17.1.5:References ..................................................................................... 368
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Table 24 : Fruits producon and yield ................................................................ 25
Table 25 : Vegetables, oilseeds, spices and pulses producon .......................... 26
Table 26 : Trends in cereal culvated area ......................................................... 28
Table 27 : Trends in cereal producon .............................................................. 29
Table 28 : Trends in cereal yield ......................................................................... 30
Table 29 : Livestock populaon .......................................................................... 31
Table 30 : Livestock producon .......................................................................... 32
Table 31 : Local and improved cale populaon by dzongkhag ......................... 33
Table 32 : Proporon of local and improved cale by dzongkhag ...................... 35
Table 33 : Forest area under tree cover by dzongkhags ..................................... 36
Table 34 : Protected Areas and Biological Corridors of Bhutan .......................... 37
Table 35 : Exisng forest management units ..................................................... 38
Table 36 : Volume of mber supplied to comsumers and royalty paid to DoFPS by
NRDCL................................................................................................ 39
Table 37 : Supply of mber at commercial, concessional and free of royales . 40
Table 38 : Revenue generated through royales (Nu. Millions) ......................... 40
Table 39 : Quanty of mber supplied and royales realized by Territorial ..........
Divisions and Parks ............................................................................. 41
Table 40 : Quanty of mber supplied and royales realized by Dzongkhags ... 42
Table 41 : Number of community forestry, area and CFMG households ............ 43
Table 42 : GRF land alloed for dierent purposes ............................................44
Table 43 : Overall food supply situaon ..............................................................46Table 44 : Indicators for overall food supply situaon ........................................ 46
Table 45 : Food self-suciency and import dependency rao by major ...............
commodies....................................................................................... 47
Table 46 : Producon, imports and consumpon of paddy and all
cereal-grains ....................................................................................... 47
Table 47 : Producon, imports and self-suciency rao of vegetables
and fruits ............................................................................................ 48
Table 48 : Producon, imports and requirements of livestock products ............ 49Table 49 : Marketed value of primary producon .............................................. 54
Table 50 : Monetary valuaon of primary producon ....................................... 56
Table 51 : Exports of Major Commodies .......................................................... 58
Table 52 : Imports of Major Commodies ......................................................... 59
Table 53 : Balance of Trade ................................................................................. 60
Table 54 : Exports of major commodies by country of desnaon .................. 61
Table 55 : Annual average price of agricultural commodies ............................. 63
Table 56 : Number of Farmers Groups and Cooperaves registered with
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DAMC. ................................................................................................ 65
Table 57 : Exisng One-Stop Farmers Shop ........................................................ 66
Table 58 : Number of market infrastructure constructed during 10thFive-year
Plan.................................................................................................... 67
Table 59 : Farmers training in 2009 .................................................................... 70
Table 60 : Farmers training provided by various dzongkhag RNR sectors and .......
DAMC in 2010.................................................................................... 70
Table 61 : Farmers training provided by various dzongkhag RNR sectors and .......
DAMC in 2011.................................................................................... 72
Table 62 : Farmers training provided by various dzongkhag RNR sectors and .......
DAMC in 2012.................................................................................... 73
Table 63 : Service delivered through publicaon ............................................... 74
Table 64 : Service delivered through audio visuals ............................................. 74
Table 65 : Other ICT services .............................................................................. 75
Table 66 : Chemical ferlizers distribuon to farmers ........................................ 76
Table 67 : Plant protecon chemicals distribuon to farmers ............................ 77
Table 68 : Farm machineries and tools distributed to farmers ........................... 77
Table 69 : Coverage of rural households by the survey 2011 ............................. 79
Table 70 : Cereals producon ............................................................................. 80
Table 71 : Fruits producon ................................................................................ 80
Table 72 : Major vegetables, oilseeds and spices producon (2011) ................. 81
Table 73 : Food-grains security (2011) ................................................................ 82Table 74 : Cash income earned through sale of farm products and o-farm ........
acvies (2011) .................................................................................. 82
Table 75 : Households members residing and working on the farm (2011) ....... 83
Table 76 : Motor-road access (2011) .................................................................. 83
Table 77 : Culvated area under cereal crops and distribuon by dzongkhags and
crops (2011) ....................................................................................... 84
Table 78 : Cereal crops producon and distribuon by dzongkhag and crops
(2011) ................................................................................................. 85Table 79 : Paddy and Maize harvested area, producon and yield (2011) ........ 86
Table 80 : Wheat and Barley harvested area, producon and yield (2011) ....... 87
Table 81 : Buckwheat and Millets harvested area, producon and yield (2011)88
Table 82 : Apple and Mandarin producon (2011) ............................................. 89
Table 83 : Arecanut and Mango producon (2011) ............................................ 90
Table 84 : Peach and Pear producon (2011) ..................................................... 91
Table 85 : Plum and Walnut producon (2011) .................................................. 92
Table 86 : Other fruits producon (MT), 2011 .................................................... 93
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Table 87 : Cardamom and Ginger producon (2011) ......................................... 94
Table 88 : Garlic and Onion producon (2011) ................................................... 95
Table 89 : Potato and Chili producon (2011) .................................................... 96
Table 90 : Cabbage and Cauliower producon (2011)...................................... 97
Table 91 : Other Vegetables producon (2011) .................................................. 98
Table 92 : Oilseeds producon (2011) ................................................................ 99
Table 93 : Proporon of farming households by self-suciency of food-grains ....
(2011) ............................................................................................... 100
Table 94 : Cash income and contribuon by sources (2011) ............................ 101
Table 95 : Proporon of rural households by ranges of income generated from
sale of cereal grains (2011) .............................................................. 102
Table 96 : Proporon of rural households by ranges of income generated from ..
sale of horculture crops (2011) ...................................................... 103
Table 97 : Proporon of rural households by ranges of income generated from ..
sale of crops (2011).......................................................................... 104
Table 98 : Proporon of rural households by ranges of income generated
from o-farm acvies (2011) ......................................................... 105
Table 99 : Proporon of rural households by ranges of grand total
income (2011) .................................................................................. 106
Table 100 : Member composion of farming-households (2011) ...................... 107
Table 101 : Proporon of member composion of farming-households (2011)108
Table 102 : Dzongkhag-wise share of member composion offarming-households (2011) .............................................................. 109
Table 103 : Proporon of rural households by walking distance to motor-road .....
points (2011) .................................................................................... 110
Table 104 : Producon and markeng of livestock products .............................. 112
Table 105 : Proporon of rural households by types of livestock
owned, 2011 .................................................................................... 113
Table 106 : Livestock populaon, 2011 .............................................................. 114
Table 107 : Local cale by types, 2011 ............................................................... 115Table 108 : Local cale by type and sex, 2011 .................................................... 116
Table 109 : Brown Swiss cale by type and sex, 2011 ........................................ 117
Table 110 : Jersey cale by type and sex, 2011 .................................................. 118
Table 111 : Dairy producon, 2011 .................................................................... 119
Table 112 : Meats, eggs and wool producon, 2011 .......................................... 120
Table 113 : Esmates of monetary value for the livestock products reported
to have sold out, 2011 ...................................................................... 122
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List of Figures
Figure 1 : RNR Sectors unspent budget in the10th Five-Year Plan ....................... 2
Figure 2 : RNR sectors contribuon to naonal GDP in absolute terms and percentage............................................................................................. 4
Figure 3 : RNR GDP Growth in Current and Constant Prices ................................. 7
Figure 4 : Sub-sectors GDP Growth in Current and Constant Prices ..................... 7
Figure 5 : Proporon of male and female sta by posion ................................. 12
Figure 6 : Regional proporon of areas by broad categories of land cover ......... 17
Figure 7 : Regional distribuon of agricultural areas by types of land ................ 18
Figure 8 : Average culvated agriculture land holdings ...................................... 20
Figure 9 : Trends in producvity of major cereal crops ....................................... 23
Figure 10 : Trend in apple, arecanut and mandarin producon1.......................... 26
Figure 11 : Trends in major vegetables producon ............................................... 27
Figure 12 : Trends in oilseeds and spices producon ............................................ 27
Figure 13 : Proporon in the trends of local and improved cale. ....................... 31
Figure 14 : Distribuon of FMU areas across Dzongkhags .................................... 39
Figure 15 : Distribuon of CF area and CFMG member households ..................... 44
Figure 16 : Figure 17: Food-grains self-suciency rao ........................................ 48
Figure 17 : Livestock products self-suciency rao .............................................. 49
Figure 18 : Dzongkhag level food-grains suciency through domesc producon .
against the requirement ...................................................................... 50
Figure 19 : Dzongkhag level surplus and decits status of food-grains ................. 51
Figure 20 : Dzongkhag level populaon aected by cereal-grains
decits and surplus .............................................................................. 51
Figure 21 : Dzongkhag level number of cereal-grains suciency months ............ 52
Figure 22 : Per capita and per household marketed value of farm products ........ 55
Figure 23 : Comparison of per capita marketed value and esmated value ......... 56
Figure 24 : Posive trade balance showing commodies ..................................... 57Figure 25 : Proporon of farmers trained by dzongkhag RNR sectors
and DAMC........................................................................................... 69
Figure 26 : Proporon of male and female farmers trained by various
Dzongkhag RNR sectors ........................................................................ 69
Figure 27 : Livestock holding households ............................................................ 111
Figure 28 : Livestock populaon, 2011 ................................................................ 111
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Abbreviaons
AFD Administraon and Finance Division
BAFRA Bhutan Agriculture and Food Regulatory AuthorityBRS Bhutan RNR Stascs
CoRRB Council for RNR Research of Bhutan
DAMC Department of Agricultural Markeng and Cooperaves
DoA Department of Agriculture
DoFPS Department of Forests and Park Services
DoL Department of Livestock
DRC Department of Revenue and Customs
ECB Elecon Commission of Bhutan
FCB Food Corporaon of Bhutan
GDP Gross Domesc ProductsHRMD Human Resource Management Division
ICS Informaon Communicaon Services
Kgs Kilograms
Km2 Square Kilometer
LCMP Land Cover Mapping Project
M3 Cubic meter
Mn Millions
MoAF Ministry of Agriculture and Forests
MoF Ministry of FinanceMoLHR Ministry of Labour and Human Resources
NBC Naonal Biodiversity Center
Nos Numbers
NSB Naonal Stascs Bureau
Nu Ngultrum (Bhutanese Currency)
PAR Poverty Assessment Report
PFO Project Facilitaon Oce
PPD Policy and Planning Division
RDTC Rural Development Training Center
RNR Renewable Natural Resources
RNR-SCS RNR Stascal Coordinaon SeconRNR-SSC RNR Stascal Steering Commiee
RSF RNR Stascal Framework
SAEPRB Small Area Esmaon of Poverty in Rural Bhutan
Sec ** Minister and Secretary Oce
SqKm Square Kilometer
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Summary Indicators
Land use- Total area 38,394 (Sqkm)
- Culvated agricultural area 2.9%
- Forest area 80.9%
- Forest area under tree cover 70.5%
Populaon 2011
- Total populaon 7,133,000
- Populaon engaged in agricultural farming 60.2%
Gross Domesc Product 2011
- Total GDP 85,581 (Mn)
- GDP per capita 0.012 (Mn)
- RNR GDP (%) 15.7%
- RNR GDP Growth in constant prices 1.5%
- Agriculture in constant prices 0.5%
- Livestock in constant prices 2.2%
- Forestry in constant prices 2.9%
Agricultural trade 2011
- Exports 1,351 (Mn)
- Imports 3,336 (Mn)
- Trade balance (-) 1,985 (Mn)
RNR Sta Strength (June 2012) 3,279
- Male 80.8%
- Female 19.2%Cereal Self-Suciency
- Rice Self-Suciency target for 10thPlan 65.0%
- Rice Self-Suciency (2011) 51.3%
- All Cereals Self-Suciency (2011) 63.6%
- Rice Supply Per Caput / Year (2011) 137 (kgs)
- All Cereals Supply Per Caput / Year (2011) 118 (kgs)
- Daily Per Caput Food Supply in Calories (2011) 2,657 (Kcal)
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CHAPTER 1
1.1: Regional Classicaon and Administrave Units
For the purpose of facilitang allocaon of resources and developmental acvies, the
Renewable Natural Resources (RNR) sector also known as Ministry of Agriculture and
Forests (MoAF) has adopted four regional classicaons as East Central (4 dzongkhags),
Eastern (6 dzongkhags), West Central (5 dzongkhags) and Western (5 dzongkhags). The
Constuencies and Chiwogs have been derived from an ocial circular of the Elecon
Commission of Bhutan in 2011. See Table 1.
Table 1: Regional Classicaon and Administrave Units
Regions DzongkhagsGeogs
(Nos)
Constuency
(Nos)
Chiwogs
(Nos)
East CentralBumthang, Sarpang, Trongsa
and Zhemgang29 8 146
Eastern
Lhuentse, Mongar,
Trashiyangtse, Trashigang,
Pemagatshel and
Samdrupjongkhar
70 17 361
West CentralDagana, Tsirang, Gasa,
Punakha and Wangdue56 10 282
WesternChhukha, Ha, Paro, Samtse
and Thimphu50 12 255
Bhutan 20 dzongkhags 205 47 1,044
1.2: Five-Year Plans Budgetary Outlay
The rst ve-year plan (1962-1967) was started in 1962 with a total budgetary outlay of
just one-hundred and seven million ngultrum for the country. The RNR sector, in those
mes known as the Ministry of Development, received seven millions (6.5%) of the total
outlay. As the country progressed, the budgetary provision for developmental works
also increased from one plan to another and so with the RNR sector. Today, for the 10th
Plan (2008-2013) the amount of budget allocaons both at the country and the sector
levels have increased as indicated in Table 2.
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Table 2: Five-Year Plans Budgetary Outlay
Five-Year Plan Bhutan (Nu.Mn)RNR sector
Nu.Mn (+) or (-) Share (%)
1st(1962-1967) 107 7 6.5
2nd(1967-1972) 202 34 386% 16.8
3rd(1972-1977) 475 111 226% 23.4
4th(1977-1982) 1,106 430 287% 38.9
5th(1982-1987) 4,711 332 (23)% 7.0
6th(1987-1992) 9,559 880 165% 9.2
7th(1992-1998) 15,236 2,434 177% 16.0
8th(1998-2003) 39,524 4,746 95% 12.0
9th
(2003-2008) 70,000 4,548 (4)% 6.5 10th(2008-2013) 146,252 8,124 79% 5.6
Source: SYB, 2010 (NSB)
Table 3: RNR Sectors Consolidated Budget & Ependiture Statement for the 10th
Plan
Fiscal YearRevised Budget
(Mn)
Expenditure
(Mn)
Balance
(Mn)
Expenture
%
2008/2009 2,153 1,458 695 68
2009/2010 2,324 1,788 536 77
2010/2011 2,251 1,787 464 79
2011/2012 2,568 2,079 449 81
2012/2013** 2,814 1,058 1,755 38
Total 12,110 8,171 3,939 67
Note: ** = As of December 2012
Out of the consolidated budget allocaons of Nu. 12,110 millions for the 10thplan (2008-
2013) the RNR sector has already spent Nu. 8,171 millions (67%) as of December 2012.
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There has always been some amount of unspent budget for over the past scal years
(2008/2009 to 2011/2012) of the plan ranging from 17% to 33% from. The unspent
budget as of December 2012 for 2012/2013 scal year is 62%. See Figure 1.
Figure 1: RNR Sectors unspent budget in the10th Five-Year Plan
1.3: RNR Gross Domesc Products (GDP)
The GDP of RNR Sector has been increasing year aer year in the absolute term while its
contribuon to naonal GDP is seeing a declining trend. This is mainly because the other
sectors such as hydropower, community and social services and construcon sectors inparcular have been equally booming with their economic development. Nevertheless,
the RNR sector sll stands the second largest contributor to naonal GDP. See Figure 2,
Table 4 and 5.
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Figure 2: RNR sectors contribuon to naonal GDP in absolute terms and percentage
Table 4: Gross Domesc Product in Current and Constant Prices (Nu. Millions)
YearBhutan RNR Sector Agriculture Livestock Forests
Current Constant Current Constant Current Constant Current Constant Current Constant
1999 18,514 3,775 6,630 1,335 3,175 679 1,487 280 1,968 377
2000 21,127 3,982 7,773 1,395 3,878 712 1,637 290 2,255 394
2001 22,895 21,476 6,037 5,849 2,682 2,617 1,930 1,888 1,425 1,345
2002 26,422 23,820 6,884 6,009 3,000 2,689 2,007 1,919 1,877 1,401
2003 29,385 25,538 7,292 6,138 3,192 2,766 2,163 1,927 1,938 1,446
2004 32,320 27,269 7,864 6,250 3,481 2,808 2,331 1,933 2,052 1,509
2005 36,581 29,201 8,256 6,274 3,685 2,861 2,557 1,976 2,014 1,437
2006 41,444 31,673 8,859 6,378 3,928 2,900 2,730 1,994 2,201 1,484
2007 49,457 36,389 9,234 6,246 4,377 2,942 2,531 1,812 2,326 1,493
2008 54,713 38,088 10,078 6,291 5,061 2,997 2,625 1,821 2,393 1,472
2009 61,224 40,651 11,159 6,458 5,668 3,064 2,895 1,864 2,596 1,529
2010 72,478 45,435 12,178 6,478 6,530 3,100 3,110 1,884 2,538 1,494
2011 85,581 49,259 13,459 6,578 7,488 3,115 3,241 1,925 2,730 1,538
Source: Stascal Yearbooks (NSB)
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Table 5: Contribuon of RNR sector to Naonal GDP in Current and Constant prices
YearRNR Sector Agriculture Livestock Forests
Current Constant Current Constant Current Constant Current Constant
1999 35.8 35.4 17.1 18.0 8.0 7.4 10.6 10.0
2000 36.8 35.0 18.4 17.9 7.7 7.3 10.7 9.92001 26.4 27.2 11.7 12.2 8.4 8.8 6.2 6.3
2002 26.1 25.2 11.4 11.3 7.6 8.1 7.1 5.9
2003 24.8 24.0 10.9 10.8 7.4 7.5 6.6 5.7
2004 24.3 22.9 10.8 10.3 7.2 7.1 6.3 5.5
2005 22.6 21.5 10.1 9.8 7.0 6.8 5.5 4.9
2006 21.4 20.1 9.5 9.2 6.6 6.3 5.3 4.7
2007 18.7 17.2 8.9 8.1 5.1 5.0 4.7 4.1
2008 18.4 16.5 9.2 7.9 4.8 4.8 4.4 3.9
2009 18.2 15.9 9.3 7.5 4.7 4.6 4.2 3.82010 16.8 14.3 9.0 6.8 4.3 4.1 3.5 3.3
2011 15.7 13.4 8.8 6.3 3.8 3.9 3.2 3.1
Table 6: GDP Growth in Current and Constant Prices
YearBhutan RNR Sector Agriculture Livestock Forests
Current Constant Current Constant Current Constant Current Constant Current Constant
1999 16.4 11.0 7.3 1.5 7.9 3.7 8.2 1.3 5.1 -2.0
2000 14.1 26.7 10.3 4.5 9.8 4.7 8.7 5.1 13.5 3.8
2001 8.4 7.2 8.4 5.0 6.6 4.0 10.4 8.0 9.2 3.0
2002 15.4 10.9 14.4 3.1 11.9 2.8 5.3 2.9 31.7 4.2
2003 11.2 -3.3 7.1 1.7 6.5 1.2 8.8 1.4 6.2 3.0
2004 10.0 6.8 7.8 1.8 9.1 1.5 7.8 0.3 5.9 4.3
2005 13.2 7.1 5.0 0.4 5.9 1.9 9.7 2.2 -1.9 -4.8
2006 13.3 8.5 7.3 1.7 6.6 1.4 6.8 0.9 9.3 3.3
2007 19.3 14.9 4.2 -2.1 11.4 1.4 -7.3 -9.1 5.7 0.6
2008 10.6 4.7 9.1 0.7 15.6 1.9 3.7 0.5 2.9 -1.4
2009 11.9 6.7 10.7 2.7 12.0 2.2 10.3 2.4 8.5 3.9
2010 18.4 11.8 9.1 0.3 15.2 1.2 7.4 1.1 -2.2 -2.3
2011 18.1 8.5 10.5 1.5 14.7 0.5 4.2 2.2 7.6 2.9
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Table 7: Contribuon of RNR sub-sectors to RNR GDP in Current and Constant Prices
YearAgriculture Livestock Forests
Current Constant Current Constant Current Constant
1999 47.9 50.9 22.4 21.0 29.7 28.2
2000 49.9 51.0 21.1 20.8 29.0 28.2
2001 44.4 44.7 32.0 32.3 23.6 23.0
2002 43.6 44.8 29.2 31.9 27.3 23.3
2003 43.8 45.1 29.7 31.4 26.6 23.6
2004 44.3 44.9 29.6 30.9 26.1 24.1
2005 44.6 45.6 31.0 31.5 24.4 22.9
2006 44.3 45.5 30.8 31.3 24.8 23.3
2007 47.4 47.1 27.4 29.0 25.2 23.9
2008 50.2 47.6 26.0 28.9 23.7 23.4
2009 50.8 47.4 25.9 28.9 23.3 23.7
2010 53.6 47.9 25.5 29.1 20.8 23.1
2011 55.6 47.4 24.1 29.3 20.3 23.4
Source: Authors calculaon
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Figure 3: RNR GDP Growth in Current and Constant Prices
Figure 4: Sub-sectors GDP Growth in Current and Constant Prices
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CHAPTER 2
2.1: RNR Stascal Framework 2012 in brief
The release of the RNR
Stascal Framework
2012 (RSF) has signicantly
inuenced in the
improvement of validity
and comprehensiveness
of this publicaon. The
RSF has provided venues
for beer planning anddesigning of RNR stascal
acvies, systemazing
the ow of data from eld
to departments and to the
RNR stascal coordinaon
secon where all dada are
compiled and published
as annual Bhutan RNR
Stascs. The graphicalpresentaon on the right is
the organizaonal structure
of how the stascal data
are transmied between
departmental informaon secons and RNR stascal coordinaon secon.
The RSF has resulted in instung the RNR Stascal Steering Commiee (RNR-SSC)
represented by all departments and agencies within RNR sector. This commiee meets
to review or consult on any acvies having relevance to RNR stascal issues as and
when required. The role of the RNR-SSC is also to strengthen eciency of the RSF to
sustain producon and use of RNR stascs in formulang realisc development plans
and polices.
The members of the RNR-SSC constute heads of the informaon management secons
(IMS) of the respecve sub-sectors, viz. Department of Agriculture (DoA), Department
of Livestock (DoL), Department of Forests and Park Services (DoFPS), Council for
Bhutan RNR Research of Bhutan (CoRRB), Department of Agricultural Markeng and
Cooperaves (DAMC), Bhutan Food and Agricultural Regulatory Authority (BAFRA),
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Informaon and Communicaon Services (ICS) and Naonal Bio-diversity Center (NBC).
The tasks of overall coordinaon and secretarial jobs to the RNR-SSC have been entrusted
to the RNR Stascal Coordinaon Secon (RNR-SCS) of the Policy and Planning Division
(PPD), Ministry of Agriculture and Forests (MoAF). The RNR-SSC is chaired by one of the
directors of the sub-sectors on rotaonal basis.
So far the commiee has met 4 mes since it incepon in April 2012. The rst three
meengs were mainly focused on review and making amendment in the RSF while the
last (the fourth) meeng was held to discuss and nalize the Bhutan RNR Stascs
2012.
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CHAPTER 3
3.1: Human Resource Prole
Human resource development is crucial part and must be placed at the center of
concerns for development processes. The ability of a sector to pursue sustainable
development is determined by the capacity of its workforce. To achieve success, further
inputs are required for eecve, ecient, accessible, viable and high-quality services.
Adequate and ecient human resources are required across dierent occupaons and
geographical regions. Table 18 shows the trends of sta strength of the RNR Sector and
its share to total civil servants in the country over the last 9 years (2003-2011).
Table 8: Sta strength of RNR sector and its share to total civil servants in the country(June 2012)
Year Regular sta strength Share as Percentage of total civil servants in
the country
2003 2,493 17.5
2004 2,410 16.2
2005 3,150 19.8
2006 3,243 19.2
2007 3,127 16.6
2008 3,084 15.5
2009 3,176 15.0
2010 3,169 14.0
2011 3,172 14.2
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Table 9: Distribuon of sta across agencies in the RNR sector by posion (June 2012)
Agencies Execuve
(EX)
Specialist
(ES)
Professional
(P)
Support
(S)
Operaonal
(O)
GSP/ESP Total
AFD 0 0 5 17 5 2 29
BAFRA 1 0 13 158 6 1 179
CoRRB 1 3 10 8 5 0 27
DAMC 1 1 22 11 5 0 40
DoA 1 2 173 235 31 0 442
DoFPS 1 10 285 964 50 165 1,475
DoL 1 7 245 477 84 20 834
HRMD 0 0 5 5 3 1 14
ICS 0 0 13 3 4 1 21
NBC 0 2 20 15 4 0 41
PFO 0 1 7 4 3 1 16
PPD 0 0 17 3 5 2 27
RDTC 0 0 6 6 4 1 17
Sec ** 2 0 1 2 3 2 10
Total 8 26 822 1,908 212 196 3,172
Note: Sec ** Represents sta working in the oce of the Minister and Secretary.
Table 10: Distribuon of sta across agencies in the RNR sector by posion and gender
(June 2012)
Agencies
Execuve
(EX)
Specialist
(ES)
Professional
(P)
Support
(S)
Operaonal
(O)
GSP/ESP Total
M F M F M F M F M F M F M F
AFD 0 0 0 0 4 1 7 10 3 2 1 1 15 14
BAFRA 1 0 0 0 10 3 105 53 6 0 1 0 123 56
CoRRB 1 0 3 0 8 2 4 4 5 0 0 0 21 6
DAMC 1 0 1 0 16 6 9 2 2 3 0 0 29 11
DoA 1 0 2 0 155 18 151 84 29 2 0 0 338 104
DoFPS 1 0 10 0 265 20 803 161 49 4 111 54 1,239 239
DoL 1 0 7 0 226 19 397 81 74 11 13 7 718 118
HRMD 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 4 1 2 0 1 5 9
ICS 0 0 0 0 11 2 2 1 3 1 1 0 17 4
NBC 0 0 1 1 13 7 8 7 3 1 0 0 25 16
PFO 0 0 1 0 7 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 13 3
PPD 0 0 0 0 13 5 3 0 0 2 0 2 16 9
RDTC 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 4 4 0 1 0 13 4
Sec ** 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 2 0 9 1
Total 8 0 25 1 737 86 1,497 412 184 29 130 66 2,581 594
Note: Sec ** Represents sta working in the oce of the Minister and Secretary.
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Table 11: Distribuon of sta across agencies by se (June 2012)
Agencies
Male and female sta
proporon in agencies (%)
Agency-wise distribuon
of male and female as
percentage of total male
and female in the sector
Agency-wise distribuon
of male and female as
percentage of total sta in
the sector
Male Female Male Female Male Female
AFD 51.7 48.3 0.6 2.4 0.5 0.4
BAFRA 68.7 31.3 4.8 9.4 3.9 1.8
CoRRB 77.8 22.2 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.2
DAMC 72.5 27.5 1.1 1.9 0.9 0.3
DoA 76.5 23.5 13.1 17.5 10.6 3.3
DoFPS 83.8 16.2 48.0 40.2 39.0 7.5
DoL 85.9 14.1 27.8 19.9 22.6 3.7
HRMD 35.7 64.3 0.2 1.5 0.2 0.3
ICS 81.0 19.0 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.1
NBC 61.0 39.0 1.0 2.7 0.8 0.5
PFO 81.3 18.8 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.1
PPD 64.0 36.0 0.6 1.5 0.5 0.3
RDTC 76.5 23.5 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.1
Sec ** 90.0 10.0 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.0
All Agencies 81.3 18.7 100.0 100.0 81.3 18.7
Note: Sec ** Represents sta working in the oce of the Minister and Secretary.
Figure 5: Proporon of male and female sta by posion
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Table 12: Distribuon of sta across headquarters, eld oces and dzongkhags (June
2012)
Agencies Head-
quarters
Dzongkhags Central
Programs
Territorial/
Regional
Park Instuons Total
AFD 29 0 0 0 0 0 29
BAFRA 28 128 (*) 3 (**) 20 0 0 179
CoRRB 27 0 0 0 0 0 27
DAMC 27 0 0 (***) 13 0 0 40
DoA 61 293 88 0 0 0 442
DoFPS 162 241 28 733 269 42 1,475
DoL 36 395 403 0 0 0 834
HRMD 14 0 0 0 0 0 14
ICS 21 0 0 0 0 0 21
NBC 41 0 0 0 0 0 41
PFO 16 0 0 0 0 0 16
PPD 27 0 0 0 0 0 27
RDTC 0 0 0 0 0 17 17
Sec ** 10 0 0 0 0 0 10
Total 499 1,057 522 766 269 59 3,172
Note: (*) = Sta in the laboratories, (**) = sta at the entry and exit points and (***) = sta at regional markeng oces,
(****) = sta at Territorial Divisions and Sec ** = stas in the Hon Minister and Secretarys Oces.
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Table 13: Distribuon of RNR Stas across dzongkhags by sectors (June 2012)
DzongkhagAgriculture Sector Forestry Sector Livestock Sector BAFRA
M F M F M F M F
Bumthang 5 5 8 0 11 2 1 3
Chhukha 9 6 14 0 20 0 12 3
Dagana 15 3 10 1 24 0 3 0
Gasa 7 0 5 0 8 0 3 0
Ha 8 2 9 0 11 3 2 2
Lhuentse 7 7 7 1 14 0 4 0
Mongar 16 4 12 0 24 3 3 0
Paro 8 6 15 2 21 1 7 2
Pemagatshel 15 1 10 0 21 2 2 2
Punakha 12 7 11 1 19 2 2 2
Samdrupjongkhar 14 3 14 1 14 4 9 0
Samtse 8 5 15 0 26 2 6 1
Sarpang 11 2 17 1 21 3 2 0
Thimphu 9 4 7 5 14 7 6 10
Trashigang 17 4 16 1 26 4 5 0
Trashiyangtse 3 8 7 1 12 0 4 0
Trongsa 6 5 10 0 14 0 3 1
Tsirang 15 1 15 1 18 0 4 0
Wangdue 14 5 12 3 27 0 2 2
Zhemgang 16 0 9 0 16 1 6 0
Bhutan 215 78 223 18 361 34 86 28
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Table 14: Distribuon of rural households per dzongkhag RNR etension sta (June
2012)
Dzongkhag Agriculture Forestry Livestock All Sector
Bumthang213 266 164 69
Chhukha513 549 385 157
Dagana217 354 162 74
Gasa92 129 80 32
Ha209 232 149 63
Lhuentse198 346 198 77
Mongar320 533 237 108
Paro468 385 298 124
Pemagatshel290 464 202 95
Punakha223 353 202 81
SamdrupJongkhar349 395 329 119
Samtse 724 628 336 168
Sarpang382 276 207 90
Thimphu214 232 133 61
Trashigang436 539 305 135
Trashiyangtse293 403 269 104
Trongsa201 221 158 63
Tsirang205 205 182 66
Wangdue251 318 177 78
Zhemgang177 314 166 67
Bhutan 306 372 227 96
Note:All Sector = Agriculture, Forestry and Livestock
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CHAPTER 4
4.1: Land Cover
The release of land cover mapping report (LCMP, 2010) by Department of Agriculture
(DoA) has bridged the knowledge gaps on the countrys land cover, parcularly the forest
cover as 72.5% and agricultural area as 7.8% According to the LCMP, the forest cover
appeared to be at 80.9% with 70.5% percent under tree cover and culvated agricultural
area at 2.93 (Table 16).
Table 15: Land cover by major categories
Land cover type Area (Sqkm) Area (%)
Forest areas under tree cover 27,053 70.46
Culvated agriculture areas 1,125 2.93
Built up areas 62 0.16
Non-built up areas 3 0.01
Bare areas 1,230 3.20
Degraded areas 206 0.54
Meadows 1,575 4.10
Shrubs 4,005 10.43
Marshy areas 3 0.01
Snow cover 2,854 7.43
Water bodies 277 0.72
Country Area 38,394 100.00
The descripon of land cover classes is provided in Annexure I.
The LCMP (2010) assessment shows signicant dierences in land cover from the LUPP
(1995). In parcular, the total forest cover has increased from 64.36% (based on 40077
km2) to 70.46% (based on 38394 km2) with actual area increase of 1265.9 km2. The
actual culvated agricultural land on the other hand has dropped from 7.85% (based
on 40077 km2) to 2.93% (based on 38394 km2) with actual area decrease of 2020 km2.
According to the LCMP report the dierences could bepartly due to over-classicaon
of culvated agricultural land during LUPP-1995 and fallowing of Tseriland during LCMP
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of culvated agricultural land during LUPP-1995 and fallowing of Tseri land during LCMP
(2010) assessment.
The recent internaonal boundary demarcaon has also caused some dierences in
the relave land cover composion, largely due to the loss of high-altude area in the
northern part of the country. However, part of the dierences between the LUPP (1995)and LCMP (2010) land cover assessments according to the report, are mainly aributed
to improvements in the assessment methodology.
Figure 6: Regional proporon of areas by broad categories of land cover
Table 16: Regional distribuon of countrys area, human and grazing livestock
populaon (2011)
Regions Populaon
(Nos) and Area (sqkm)
Distribuon
(%)
Density
(heads/sqkm)
Human Grazing
livestock
Area Area Human Grazing
livestock
Human Grazing
livestock
Eastern 180,800 124,693 11,307 29.5 25.3 29.6 16.0 11.0
EastCentral
96,900 65,381 8,572 22.3 13.6 15.5 11.3 7.6
Western 316,400 132,913 8,048 21.0 44.3 31.6 39.3 16.5
West
Central119,400 97,578 10,466 27.3 16.7 23.2 11.4 9.3
Bhutan 713,500 420,565 38,394 100.0 100.0 100.0 18.6 11.0
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Table 17: Regional distribuon of forest areas under tree-cover by type of trees
Regions Area (Sqkm) by type of trees
Blue
Pine
Chir
Pine
Broad
Leaved
Broad
Leaved with
Conifer
Fir Mied
Conifer
Total
East Central 272 77 4,155 164 512 1,382 6,562
Eastern 15 766 5,889 146 439 1,609 8,864
West Central 17 294 3,759 2 442 1,752 6,266
Western 479 0 3,048 36 411 1,386 5,360
Bhutan 783 1,137 16,850 348 1,804 6,129 27,053
Table 18: Regional distribuon of culvated agricultural areas by type of land use
Regions Wetland (ha) Dry land (ha) Orchard (ha) Total (ha)
East Central 3,834 10,812 1,315 15,961
Eastern 5,855 27,784 874 34,513
West Central 12,440 9,846 1,787 24,073
Western 9,781 19,813 8,408 38,002
Bhutan 31,911 68,255 12,384 112,550
Figure 7: Regional distribuon of agricultural areas by types of land
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Table 19: Distribuon of geographical areas, human and grazing livestock populaon
by dzongkhag (2011)
Dzongkhag
Area and human/livestock populaon Distribuon (%) Density (heads/sqkm)
Area (ha) Human Livestock Area Human Grazing
livestock
Human Grazing
livestock
Bumthang 2,668 14,100 13,758 6.9 2.0 3.3 5.3 5.2
Chhukha 1,879 87,100 26,295 4.9 12.2 6.3 46.3 14.0
Dagana 1,723 25,300 25,903 4.5 3.5 6.2 14.7 15.0
Gasa 3,075 3,500 10,520 8.0 0.5 2.5 1.1 3.4
Ha 1,865 12,700 14,940 4.9 1.8 3.6 6.8 8.0
Lhuentse 2,809 16,400 15,062 7.3 2.3 3.6 5.8 5.4
Mongar 1,945 41,200 25,600 5.1 5.8 6.1 21.2 13.2
Paro 1,251 44,100 20,382 3.3 6.2 4.8 35.3 16.3
Pemagatshel 1,023 25,700 10,019 2.7 3.6 2.4 25.1 9.8
Punakha 1,110 26,100 12,263 2.9 3.7 2.9 23.5 11.0
S/Jongkhar 1,878 36,600 20,388 4.9 5.1 4.8 19.5 10.9
Samtse 1,305 66,300 55,778 3.4 9.3 13.3 5 0.8 42.7
Sarpang 1,666 44,400 26,669 4.3 6.2 6.3 26.7 16.0
Thimphu 1,749 106,200 15,518 4.6 14.9 3.7 60.7 8.9
Trashigang 2,204 46,800 40,012 5.7 6.6 9.5 21.2 18.2
Trashiyangtse 1,449 14,100 13,612 3.8 2.0 3.2 9.7 9.4
Trongsa 1,822 17,600 11,089 4.7 2.5 2.6 9.7 6.1
Tsirang 639 24,300 18,434 1.7 3.4 4.4 38.0 28.9
Wangdue 3,920 40,200 30,458 10.2 5.6 7.2 10.3 7.8
Zhemgang 2,416 20,800 13,865 6.3 2.9 3.3 8.6 5.7
Bhutan 38,394 713,500 420,565 100.0 100.0 100.0 18.6 11.0
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Table 20: Dzongkhag-wise distribuon of culvated agricultural areas, 2010
Dzongkhag Wetland (ha) Dryland (ha) Orchard (ha) Total (ha)
Bumthang 25 2,884 12 2,920
Chhukha 1,799 5,119 2323 9,241
Dagana 1,493 4,588 1,456 7,537
Gasa 144 386 0 530
Ha 89 2,068 625 2,781
Lhuentse 1,576 4,329 1 5,905
Mongar 432 5,304 3 5,739
Paro 1,753 3,562 1,026 6,340
Pemagatshel 302 4,333 620 5,256
Punakha 5,074 262 17 5,353
Samdrupjongkhar 1,148 6,732 249 8,129
Samtse 5,682 8,151 3,533 17,366
Sarpang 2,088 3,473 1,093 6,653
Thimphu 458 914 902 2,274
Trashigang 1,449 4,974 0 6,423
Trashiyangtse 949 2,111 0 3,060
Trongsa 1,082 1,205 0 2,287
Tsirang 1,527 2,867 314 4,709
Wangdue 4,202 1,742 0 5,944
Zhemgang 640 3,251 211 4,102
Bhutan 31,911 68,255 12,384 112,550
Figure 8: Average culvated agriculture land holdings
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Table 21: Distribuon of geographical area by agro-ecological zones
DzongkhagTotal area
(SqKm)
Distribuon of area (sqkm) by agro-ecological zones
WetSubtropical
(100-600)
HumidSubtropical
(600-1200)
DrySubtropical
(1200-1800)
WarmTemperate
(1800-2600)
CoolTemperate
(2600-3600)
Alpine
(3600-7500)
Bumthang 2,666.89 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 36.1 62.6
Chhukha 1,879.55 7.2 17.8 21.3 27.1 23.7 3.0
Dagana 1,712.70 15.8 19.0 19.1 25.7 16.6 4.0
Gasa 2,951.07 0.0 0.0 0.1 2.2 9.8 87.9
Ha 1,904.65 0.0 2.4 6.9 15.0 35.1 40.6
Lhuentse 2,850.76 0.0 1.0 6.9 20.6 30.6 40.9
Mongar 1,940.26 3.3 17.8 27.0 28.7 21.8 1.5
Paro 1,286.93 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.6 42.2 44.3
Pemagatshel 1,021.94 20.9 41.7 28.1 9.3 0.0 0.0
Punakha 1,109.57 0.0 0.2 17.6 36.7 29.4 16.2
S/jongkhar 1,876.62 22.9 23.0 25.6 20.8 7.3 0.4
Samtse 1,256.09 20.9 27.7 22.2 21.0 7.3 0.7
Sarpang 1,655.04 25.9 25.1 24.7 21.2 2.8 0.3
Thimphu 1,791.73 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.2 30.2 63.5
Trashigang 2,197.65 0.1 4.4 14.8 29.2 32.7 18.8
Trashiyangtse 1,447.35 0.0 2.5 6.8 24.1 34.4 32.2
Trongsa 1,813.71 0.0 2.7 10.2 28.2 41.4 17.5
Tsirang 637.83 7.4 31.6 30.7 22.7 7.0 0.6
Wangdue 3,977.28 0.2 3.2 8.9 19.0 32.4 36.4
Zhemgang 2,416.48 11.9 29.6 26.8 19.5 9.9 2.3
Bhutan 38,394.09 5.6 10.2 13.1 18.6 23.9 28.6
Source: Authors calculaons using dataset generated from LCMP, 2010.
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CHAPTER 5
5.1: Agriculture
The goal of the RNR sector has been to increase self-suciency in food commodies
through domesc producon. One of the objecves of the RNR sectors 10thPlan (2008
to 2013) was to help reduce poverty from 23% to 15 % of the populaon by the end
of the plan. Agriculture crops producon has an important role to play in meeng this
objecve since more than 90% of the populaon under poverty lives in the rural areas.
To arrive at 65% self-suciency in rice has also been one of the targets set by the RNR
sector for the 10thPlan.
The food-grains self-suciency rate (SSR) for 2011 was recorded at 51% for paddy (rice)
and 64% for total cereals. The projected gure for 2012 shows the SSR of 53% and 69%with increase of 2% and 5% for paddy and total cereals respecvely over 2011.
Paddy and maize are prominent cereal crops while important cash crops include
potatoes, vegetables, oranges, and apples. The agriculture subsector has been pung
lots of eorts and resources to increase producvity of these crops by introducon
of good agronomic pracces and high yielding crop variees along with development
of necessary infrastructures such as farm roads, irrigaon channel and post harvest
facilies among others.
5.1.1: Trends in producon of major cereal crops
The paddy producvity has been increasing, though at low velocity over the years. In
2011, the naonal paddy yield stood at 1,312 kilos per acre, an increase of 21% over
2005 with annual average increase rate of 3%. The paddy producvity projecon for
the 2012 stands at 1,376 kilograms per acre, which is an increase of 5% over 2011. See
Figure 9.
Some of the challenges confronng the RNR sector in meeng the food demand of the
country are associated with relavely small land holdings, low yields of crops, crops
damages by wildlife, outbreaks of pests and diseases, uncertain climac condions and
shortage of farm labour among others.
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Figure 9: Trends in producvity of major cereal crops
Note: (F) = Forecast
Table 22: Trends in producon of cereal crops (MT)
APY Crops 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Area(Acres)
Barley 8,367 8,350 9,699 3,306 4,914 2,654 3,927
Buckwheat 16,388 19,443 20,875 8,713 9,517 7,491 10,547
Maize 75,805 74,731 95,937 69,944 70,321 61,476 70,312
Millets 16,106 19,879 21,274 8,944 10,071 8,454 9,194
Paddy 62,363 65,250 68,013 49,659 59,143 56,373 59,609
Wheat 21,907 16,672 16,982 8,158 7,804 5,567 5,802
Producon(MT)
Barley 4,532 4,515 5,095 2,089 2,403 1,445 3,110
Buckwheat 6,990 8,523 7,955 5,274 3,896 3,912 8,337
Maize 89,959 68,799 84,729 69,248 61,140 57,666 79,826
Millets 6,708 8,780 8,724 5,162 4,216 4,066 7,064
Paddy 67,858 72,513 71,982 78,659 67,245 71,615 78,730
Wheat 11,306 9,100 8,879 5,828 4,496 4,638 6,266
Yield(Kgs/Acre
s)
Barley 542 541 525 632 489 544 792
Buckwheat 427 438 381 605 409 522 794
Maize 1,187 921 883 990 869 938 1,135
Millets 416 442 410 577 419 481 768
Paddy 1,088 1,111 1,058 1,584 1,137 1,270 1,312
Wheat 516 546 523 714 576 833 1,080
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5.1.2:
Trendsintheproduconofmajorfruitcrops
Table23:Numberoftotalfruitstreesandbearingtrees
Fruits
TotalTrees(000)
BearingTrees(000)
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
Apple
426
452
373
308
456
659
698
339
386
279
231
346
570
558
Mandarin
1,958
2,652
3,247
2,200
2,794
2
,940
3,122
1,296
1,793
2,015
1,251
1,572
1,554
1,720
Banana
187
723
719
413
588
558
489
111
327
269
147
191
163
175
Mango
31
83
79
39
44
46
52
25
30
28
18
13
13
16
Guava
36
95
103
40
56
53
53
32
73
80
40
40
38
40
Peach
59
77
95
67
48
35
63
57
88
75
55
33
23
42
Pear
37
69
76
32
33
31
52
35
42
49
19
18
16
27
Plum
29
38
43
10
18
15
22
24
29
27
9
12
9
14
Walnut
36
88
111
50
90
45
148
30
19
28
14
15
10
19
Arecanut
863
1,715
1,597
1,879
1,703
1,801
1,727
320
580
490
521
585
719
847
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Table24:Fruitsproduconandyield
Fruits
Producon(MT)
Yield(Kgs/BearingTree)
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2
010
2011
2005
20
06
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
Apple
10,387
10,646
7,077
5,034
6,931
17,366
20,752
31
28
25
22
20
30
37
Mandarin
47,936
82,725
72,319
38,775
44,295
52,624
60,993
37
46
36
31
28
34
35
Banana
2,019
5,051
3,980
1,648
2,155
2,208
2,439
18
15
15
11
11
14
14
Mango
1,047
1,369
665
610
321
398
451
42
46
23
33
24
30
28
Guava
1,048
2,345
2,276
792
942
864
950
32
32
28
20
24
23
24
Peach
2,523
3,304
3,130
2,134
1,233
779
1,649
44
37
42
39
37
33
39
Pear
1,391
2,215
2,210
1,205
1,109
758
1,354
40
52
45
65
63
47
49
Plum
1,054
1,781
1,040
405
549
357
565
44
61
39
45
45
40
39
Walnut
946
796
817
345
244
213
474
31
43
29
25
16
22
24
Arecanut
6,616
9,958
6,569
3,842
6,373
7,
280
9,781
21
17
13
7
11
10
12
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Figure 10: Trend in apple, arecanut and mandarin producon
5.1.3: Trends in the producon of vegetables and other horculture crops
Table 25: Vegetables, oilseeds, spices and pulses producon (MT)
Name 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Potato 53,168 58,460 61,743 54,600 45,476 44,014 52,116
Chili 9,251 10,799 8,432 7,640 9,144 6,696 8,121
Tomato 1,147 984 950 514 753 221 559
Cabbage 2,706 2,550 3,623 1,575 1,782 1,299 2,130
Cauliower 564 655 660 382 355 328 2,130Broccoli 190 298 469 405 175 122 304
Asparagus 211 193 201 170 328 74 280
Carrot 1,323 875 669 373 329 205 458
Pumpkin 4,193 6,588 4,479 2,626 5,319 3,670 5,368
Radish 16,135 9,363 10,453 6,192 5,617 3,882 4,865
Turnip 11,680 9,759 12,624 5,003 6,238 2,638 7,823
Beans 5,061 7,475 6,746 4,964 3,048 2,400 2,690
Rajma Bean 1,226 2,061 1,988 756 473 471 873
Peas 2,973 2,628 1,626 824 695 355 770
Other
vegetables 10,738 10,099 9,460 9,381 8,282 7,168 5,558
Cardamom 1,190 2,899 2,122 1,055 442 1,163 650
Garlic 376 1,060 620 2,226 629 485 584
Ginger 4,253 5,031 9,882 3,182 3,766 4,074 4,533
Onion 991 842 194 1,816 388 243 285
Mustard 4,423 3,646 3,392 3,669 1,951 1,332 2,344
Soybean 1,634 1,285 1,415 817 372 401 826
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Figure 11: Trends in major vegetables producon
Figure 12: Trends in oilseeds and spices producon
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Table 26: Trends in cereal culvated area (Acres)
Dzonkhag 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Bumthang 3,276 1,736 2,933 1,724 2,157 2,566 1,835
Chhukha 16,438 13,642 14,890 8,693 8,534 11,669 7,351
Dagana 19,432 19,319 21,916 12,994 13,009 11,490 14,025
Gasa 390 295 35 412 361 363 481
Ha 2,333 3,211 3,421 2,243 1,930 2,034 2,662
Lhuentse 4,687 6,816 6,978 4,696 4,916 4,238 6,310
Mongar 12,746 13,343 14,282 12,728 13,145 11,206 10,467
Paro 7,085 7,866 5,513 4,752 6,453 7,597 5,389
Pemagatshel 9,365 10,337 19,864 7,757 4,887 5,313 7,341
Punakha 8,420 10,013 10,327 7,826 10,516 7,470 6,492
Samdrupjongkhar 14,044 15,534 16,904 10,107 11,651 8,433 12,059
Samtse 31,043 32,239 34,853 18,700 22,506 18,390 18,649
Sarpang 18,260 20,461 28,150 13,413 12,640 10,387 16,019
Thimphu 1,436 1,704 730 752 860 1,133 1,958
Trashigang 14,923 9,443 9,971 11,595 10,379 8,207 12,619
Trashiyangtse 5,066 4,249 5,711 5,327 3,949 2,583 5,289
Trongsa 5,682 5,467 4,703 3,503 6,174 4,446 4,327
Tsirang 12,432 13,156 14,329 9,387 13,467 9,911 11,583
Wangdue 6,805 7,764 7,348 5,756 8,874 6,719 4,758
Zhemgang 7,073 7,730 9,921 6,359 5,360 7,861 10,256
Bhutan 200,936 204,325 232,778 148,724 161,770 142,014 159,869
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Table 27: Trends in cereal producon (MT)
Dzonkhag 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Bumthang 2,603 937 1,572 1,190 846 1,425 1,721
Chhukha 13,354 11,191 12,612 8,685 6,068 7,555 7,536
Dagana 13,637 13,203 16,530 15,308 8,501 7,953 14,694
Gasa 240 278 26 473 297 393 516
Ha 1,183 1,810 1,768 1,864 934 2,146 2,713
Lhuentse 7,313 8,241 7,304 5,583 6,244 5,820 8,676
Mongar 14,855 14,080 13,147 12,688 14,500 12,398 13,089
Paro 7,685 10,214 7,007 6,530 11,796 12,879 8,807
Pemagatshel 8,277 8,112 15,369 6,874 3,892 4,370 8,044
Punakha 10,080 13,205 12,596 11,181 14,087 13,253 10,454
Samdrupjongkhar 12,949 15,894 12,823 10,785 9,466 9,315 12,586
Samtse 24,768 20,408 24,117 20,984 16,476 14,139 17,711
Sarpang 18,577 10,865 18,104 16,091 8,454 7,752 17,322
Thimphu 1,778 2,104 1,193 1,002 1,177 1,632 3,028
Trashigang 16,021 11,009 8,816 11,815 10,959 11,345 17,081
Trashiyangtse 7,091 4,980 6,297 5,491 4,344 3,600 6,780
Trongsa 4,224 3,925 4,109 3,780 4,999 3,846 4,254
Tsirang 9,267 7,967 9,412 11,272 8,439 7,474 11,407
Wangdue 6,752 8,466 7,681 7,803 7,323 9,106 6,001
Zhemgang 6,699 5,341 6,881 6,861 4,596 6,942 10,958
Bhutan 187,352 172,230 187,364 166,260 143,397 143,343 183,379
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Table 28: Trends in cereal yield (kg/acre)
Dzonkhag 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Bumthang 795 540 536 690 392 556 938
Chhukha 812 820 847 999 711 647 1,025
Dagana 702 683 754 1,178 654 692 1,048Gasa 614 942 739 1,148 822 1,085 1,074
Ha 507 564 517 831 484 1,055 1,019
Lhuentse 1,560 1,209 1,047 1,189 1,270 1,373 1,375
Mongar 1,165 1,055 921 997 1,103 1,106 1,250
Paro 1,085 1,298 1,271 1,374 1,828 1,695 1,634
Pemagatshel 884 785 774 886 796 822 1,096
Punakha 1,197 1,319 1,220 1,429 1,340 1,774 1,610
Samdrupjongkhar 922 1,023 759 1,067 812 1,105 1,044Samtse 798 633 692 1,122 732 769 950
Sarpang 1,017 531 643 1,200 669 746 1,081
Thimphu 1,238 1,234 1,635 1,332 1,369 1,441 1,547
Trashigang 1,074 1,166 884 1,019 1,056 1,382 1,354
Trashiyangtse 1,400 1,172 1,103 1,031 1,100 1,394 1,282
Trongsa 743 718 874 1,079 810 865 983
Tsirang 745 606 657 1,201 627 754 985
Wangdue 992 1,090 1,045 1,356 825 1,355 1,261
Zhemgang 947 691 694 1,079 857 883 1,068
Bhutan 932 843 805 1,118 886 1,009 1,147
5.2: Livestock
Livestock husbandry is one of the central components of agricultural farming and thus
of the economy for subsistence farmers in the rural areas of the country. The various
types of livestock accomplish a diversity of funcons, ranging from a source of food,
ferlizers, source of raw materials for clothes to being a labor force on the farms and
transportaon. Livestock rearing is oen the only economic mainstay for the highlanders,while for many; livestock is one of the few means of asset creaon and escaping the
poverty trap. Therefore, livestock must be an integral part of nearly all rural poverty
reducon strategies.
The aspiraons of the RNR sector and livestock sub-sector in parcular are to create
enabling environment for farmers and entrepreneurs to invest in livestock acvies
for increasing livestock producon which is the core income generang component
in the subsector. The acvies being undertaken towards meeng these aspiraons
are capacity enhancement of rural communies, organizaon of farmers groups and
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development of market networks, provision of superior quality inputs and eecve
breed improvement services, reducon of unproducve cale, expansion of fodder
resource base and implementaon of eecve disease prevenon and control programs.
5.2.1: Livestock populaon trends
Table 29: Livestock populaon
Populaon 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011(+) or (-) in
2011 over 2007
Cale** 321,450 326,651 307,968 310,205 303,790 -5.5%
Goats 28,300 39,099 38,618 43,134 43,734 54.5%
Horses 26,303 27,263 23,245 23,423 23,344 -11.2%
Pigs 26,966 27,501 22,184 19,711 21,170 -21.5%
Poultry 200,629 208,213 248,118 349,004 434,576 116.6%
Sheep 12,415 13,283 12,296 12,699 12,459 0.4%
Yaks 51,500 48,400 38,690 40,374 43,144 -16.2%
Dogs 31,729 34,645 24,830 25,793 24,104 -24.0%
Cats 30,192 28,407 30,709 33,943 31,311 3.7%
** includes bualoes
5.2.2: Local cale and improved cale trends
Figure 13: Proporon in the trends of local and improved cale.
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5.2.3: Livestock producon trends
Table 30: Livestock producon
Producon (MT) 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Beef 638 776 645 547 470
Pork 507 500 333 427 312
Yak Meat 117 143 125 202 125
Chicken 515 190 155 256 359
Muon 239 128 76 78 74
Fish 1 13 32 23 54
Wool 33 10 14 25 12
Eggs (000Doz) 802 681 1,082 1,845 3,506
Milk 20,059 22,883 25,692 25,720 27,396
Buer 1,394 1,348 1,227 1,262 1,358
Cheese 6,146 1,163 2,613 2,222 2,185
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5.2.4:
Livestockpopulaontrendsatdzongkhaglevel
Table31:Localandimprovedcalepopulaonbydzong
khag
Dzongkhag
Lo
calcale
ImprovedCale
TotalCale
2008
20
09
2010
2011
2008
2009
2010
2011
2008
2009
2010
2011
Bumthang
6,433
5,2
03
4,683
4,457
4,451
5,006
5,210
4
,188
10,884
10,209
9,893
8,645
Chhukha
34,103
18,5
41
19,770
21,949
3,930
3,771
3,259
3
,010
38,033
22,312
23,029
24,959
Dagana
13,504
14,0
45
16,140
15,883
2,976
2,886
3,594
3
,372
16,480
16,931
19,734
19,255
Gasa
719
6
77
623
964
228
218
232
277
947
895
855
1,241
Ha
6,341
5,7
03
6,410
6,521
1,946
2,491
2,339
2
,566
8,287
8,194
8,749
9,087
Lhuentse
10,942
11,306
10,526
11,304
1,918
1,874
1,646
1
,816
12,860
13,180
12,172
13,120
Mongar
22,472
22,050
19,480
18,797
4,869
4,590
4,719
5
,758
27,341
26,640
24,199
24,555
Paro
10,426
9,733
9,701
9,840
5,314
5,066
4,717
5
,762
15,740
14,799
14,418
15,602
P/gatshel
5,467
4,371
4,918
4,497
3,136
3,005
3,919
4
,163
8,603
7,376
8,837
8,660
Punakha
9,366
8,459
9,374
9,137
1,995
1,905
2,208
2
,289
11,361
10,364
11,582
11,426
S/jongkhar
15,036
14,083
12,450
13,595
3,148
3,949
3,471
3
,913
18,184
18,032
15,921
17,508
Samtse
33,151
34,408
33,851
31,765
3,062
3,393
4,370
3
,952
36,213
37,801
38,221
35,717
Sarpang
17,653
18,091
17,542
16,006
3,115
4,210
4,664
4
,533
20,768
22,301
22,206
20,539
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Dzongkhag
Lo
calcale
ImprovedCale
TotalCale
2008
20
09
2010
2011
2008
2009
2010
2011
2008
2009
2010
2011
Thimphu
1,205
2,7
94
2,142
1,324
1,764
1,808
2,154
1
,782
2,969
4,602
4,296
3,106
Trashigang
23,012
21,9
75
21,367
14,296
7,650
4,519
5,205
8
,024
30,662
26,494
26,572
22,320
T/yangtse
9,154
7,3
92
8,392
9,559
1,954
1,594
2,112
2
,148
11,108
8,986
10,504
11,707
Trongsa
8,505
9,8
44
8,759
7,836
2,691
2,855
2,479
2
,515
11,196
12,699
11,238
10,351
Tsirang
7,905
8,3
97
8,384
7,528
4,838
4,669
4,803
4
,314
12,743
13,066
13,187
11,842
Wangdue
16,672
17,637
18,272
18,007
3,350
2,769
2,983
3
,143
20,022
20,406
21,255
21,150
Zhemgang
10,592
9,946
10,270
9,983
1,658
1,780
2,139
4
,197
12,250
11,726
12,409
14,180
Bhutan
262,658
244,6
55
243,054
233,248
63,993
62,358
66,223
71
,722
326,651
307,013
309,277
304,970
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Table 32: Proporon of local and improved cale by dzongkhag
DzongkhagLocal cale Improved Cale
2008 2009 2010 2011 2008 2009 2010 2011
Bumthang 58.8 50.0 48.4 51.6 41.2 50.0 51.6 48.4
Chhukha 84.9 82.3 86.1 87.9 15.1 17.7 13.9 12.1
Dagana 84.6 83.0 82.0 82.5 15.4 17.0 18.0 17.5
Gasa 72.5 75.8 73.5 77.7 27.5 24.2 26.5 22.3
Ha 72.4 71.3 72.5 71.8 27.6 28.7 27.5 28.2
Lhuentse 88.3 84.9 87.1 86.2 11.7 15.1 12.9 13.8
Mongar 83.2 81.9 81.2 76.6 16.8 18.1 18.8 23.4
Paro 67.6 64.6 67.3 63.1 32.4 35.4 32.7 36.9
Pemagatshel 65.8 60.0 57.0 51.9 34.2 40.0 43.0 48.1
Punakha 81.9 81.0 81.1 80.0 18.1 19.0 18.9 20.0
S/jongkhar 82.6 77.4 78.8 77.7 17.4 22.6 21.2 22.3
Samtse 93.4 91.3 88.6 89.3 6.6 8.7 11.4 10.7
Sarpang 83.9 80.6 79.1 77.9 16.1 19.4 20.9 22.1
Thimphu 67.8 61.6 48.6 42.6 32.2 38.4 51.4 57.4
Trashigang 85.4 82.4 83.1 68.7 14.6 17.6 16.9 31.3
T/yangtse 83.7 80.9 81.0 81.7 16.3 19.1 19.0 18.3
Trongsa 81.3 75.7 78.4 75.7 18.7 24.3 21.6 24.3
Tsirang 66.4 64.2 62.8 63.6 33.6 35.8 37.2 36.4
Wangdue 87.9 86.2 85.9 85.1 12.1 13.8 14.1 14.9
Zhemgang 86.3 84.4 83.1 82.4 13.7 15.6 16.9 17.6
Bhutan 82.2 79.3 79.0 77.3 17.8 20.7 21.0 22.6
5.3: Forestry
Forests provide vital source of livelihood for many dierent human selements as well
as for governments and provide habitats to diverse animal and plant species. They
oer watershed protecon and provide mber and non-mber products for house
construcon, food and medicines; and various recreaonal opons. They prevent soil
erosion, help in maintaining the water cycle, and check global warming by absorbing
carbon. Forests bear such ecological funcons as regulaon of climate and water turn
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over in nature. Bhutans largest economy is hydropower generated from rivers and
streams which are subject to dry up if the forests degrade.
Because of all the above reasons and also of many other possible adverse aects of
environmental degradaon on human health and economy, the royal government has
commied and reected in the Constuon of Bhutan to maintain at least 60% of the
countrys area under forests cover for all mes to come despites ever increasing demand
for mber and other natural resources for infrastructural development and livelihoods.
5.3.1: Forest areas under tree cover
Table 33: Forest area under tree cover (LCMP-2010) by dzongkhags
Dzongkhag
Totalarea(sqkm)
Area under tree cover (sqkm) Total
BluePine
Forest
Broadlea
f
Forest
Broadleafw
ith
ConiferFor
est
ChirPine
Forest
FirForest
MixedConifer
Forest
Treecove
r
area
Percent
Bumthang 2,668 268 17 6 0 409 688 1,389 52.06
Chhukha 1,879 32 1,382 10 0 2 186 1,612 85.77
Dagana 1,723 0 1,343 0 14 0 143 1,500 87.06
Gasa 3,075 0 111 0 0 406 290 807 26.25
Ha 1,865 56 628 0 0 174 361 1,219 65.35
Lhuentse 2,809 2 847 106 110 367 295 1,727 61.48
Mongar 1,945 4 1,136 6 311 71 254 1,781 91.59
Paro 1,251 221 7 1 0 127 405 762 60.91
Pemagatshel 1,023 0 799 16 80 0 1 896 87.65
Punakha 1,110 0 574 2 81 6 179 842 75.87
S/jongkhar 1,878 5 1,598 17 7 1 5 1,633 86.95
Samtse 1,305 0 995 8 0 0 16 1,018 78.03
Sarpang 1,666 0 1,432 0 0 1 33 1,466 88.00
Thimphu 1,749 171 36 17 0 107 418 749 42.86
Trashigang 2,204 0 951 1 228 0 619 1,800 81.65
Trashiyangtse 1,449 4 557 0 30 0 436 1,027 70.90
Trongsa 1,822 4 869 93 33 36 553 1,588 87.16
Tsirang 639 0 488 0 27 0 43 558 87.34
Wangdue 3,920 17 1,243 0 171 30 1,098 2,560 65.29
Zhemgang 2,416 0 1,836 65 44 66 108 2,119 87.71
Bhutan 38,394 783 16,850 348 1,137 1,804 6,129 27,053 70.46
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5.3.2: Protected areas and biological corridors
Table 34: Protected Areas and Biological Corridors of Bhutan
Name of Protected areas Total Area
(km2)
Exisng Management
Plan
Dzongkhags Covered
Wangchuck Centennial Park 4,914 2012-2017Gasa, Wangdue, Bumthang,
Trongsa & Lhuentse
Jigme Dorji Naonal Park 4,316 2012-2017Punakha, Gasa, Thimphu &
Paro
Jigme Singye Wangchuck
Naonal Park1,730 Being revised
Trongsa, Wangdue, Sarpang,
Tsirang & Zhemgang
Royal Manas Naonal Park 1,057 2009-2014 Sarpang & Zhemgang
Thrumshingla Naonal Park 905 2008-2013Bumthang, Lhuentse, Mongar
& Zhemgang
Bumdelling Wildlife Sanctuary 1,521 Being revisedTrashiyangtse, Lhuentse &
Mongar
Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary 741 2007-2012Trashigang &
Samdrupjongkhar
Phibsoo Wildlife Sanctuary 269 2012-2017 Sarpang & Dagana
Khaling Wildlife Sanctuary 335 Not in operaon Samdrupjongkhar
Toorsa Strict Nature Reserve 610 2012-2017 Haa
Biological Corridors 3,307
Haa, Paro, Thimphu,
Punakha, Wangdue, Sarpang,
Tsirang, Trongsa, Zhemgang,
Bumthang, Mongar,
Lhuentse, Trashigang &
Samdrupjongkhar
Royal Botanical Park 47
Total 19,751
5.3.3: Forest Management Units
With rapid improvement in socio-economic condion of the country, demand for rural
and commercial mber is escalang. In order to meet the demand without compromising
the health of the forest, the forest management units (FMUs) have been instuted in
which all forest areas idened for harvesng are recorded to determine growing stock,
assess demand, stock availability and need for ecological protecon. At the present,
there are 20 Forest Management Units (FMU) out of which 17 are operaonal. Each
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FMU is operated within the limits of Annual Allowable Cut (AAC) without weakening the
ecological producvity of the forest area. Table 33 shows the management plan wise
FMUs with their essenal informaon.
Table 35: Eisng forest management units (FMU)
Dzongkhag Name of unitsFMU
Area(ha)
Forested
area(ha)
Avg.Gross
Volume(m3/ha)
Grossoperable
area(ha)
NetOperable
area(ha)
Plan
Period
BumthangDawathang 17,537 10,414 27,950 7,904 6,529 2011-2020
Karshong 4,716 329 1,940 1,554 2009-2019
Chukha Metapchhu 10,762 9,711 20,473 4,995 3,624 2007-2017
Haa
Haa East 6,952 5,691 12,642 3,791 1,532 2004-2014
Lon Chhu 12,567 8,665 3,849 2,957 2010-2020
Sele La 9,157 8,067 17,224 5,018 3,829 2011-2020
MongarKorila 13,840 11,474 25,314 4,934 3,352 2006-2016
Lingmithang 10,579 4,582 15,160 4,636 3,855 2008-2018
ParoParo-Zonglela 16,150 12,319 28,469 7,080 5,544 2012-2022
Bitekha 7,260 4,258 11,517 4,258 3,387 2006-2016
ThimphuChamgang- Helela 4,693 4,389 9,081 2,303 1,843 2003-2013
Gidakom 13,101 12,330 12,218 5,192 2,998 2012-2022
T/ yangtse Dongdechu 4,856 4,771 9,627 2,529 2,403 Under revision
Trongsa Chendebji 8,124 6,332 14,456 2,746 2,284 2007-2017
Wangdue
Khotokha 9,407 8,501 17,908 0 0 2009-2019
Gogona 8,080 4,490 12,570 4,490 3,676 2005-2015
Nahi 7,645 5,311 0 0 0 1993-2002
Zhemgang Wangdigang 9,585 8,494 18,079 1,684 1,130 2005-2015
Lhuntse Rongmanchu 6,401 5,667 12,068 4,807 3,215 2007-2017
Trashigang Khaling Kharungla 7,265 6,282 13,547 920 795 2009-2019
Total 188,677 141,748 278,632 73,076 54,507
Source: Forestry Facts and Figure and Trends 2011
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Figure 14: Distribuon of FMU areas across Dzongkhags
5.3.4: Forest resources ulizaon
Table 36: Volume of mber supplied to comsumers and royalty paid to DoFPS by NRDCL
Year
Concessional Rate Commercial Rate Total
Volume
(000C)
Royalty
(Nu.Mn)
Totalsalevalue
(Nu.Mn)
Volume
(000C)
Royalty
(Nu.Mn
Totalsalevalue
(Nu.Mn)
Volume
(000C)
Royalty
(Nu.Mn
Totalsalevalue
(Nu.Mn)
2008 153 0.12 12.27 1,560 20.16 173.28 1,712 20.28 185.54
2009 180 0.14 14.27 1,889 15.11 208.33 2,069 15.26 222.60
2010 248 0.20 20.39 1,751 20.20 245.30 1,999 20.40 265.68
2011 214 0.17 17.21 1,758 19.71 200.10 1,972 19.88 217.31
Total 795 0.64 64.13 6,957 75.18 827.01 7,752 75.82 891.13
Source: Forestry Facts and Figure and Trends 2011
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Table 37: Supply of mber at commercial, concessional and free of royales (000M3)
Product Type
2010 2011 2012
Comm
ercial
Concess
ional
Free
Total
Comm
ercial
Concess
ional
Free
Total
Comm
ercial
Concess
ional
Free
Total
Cham 0.03 2.72 0.62 3.37 0.05 5.39 0.16 5.60 0.01 2.66 0.30 2.97
Dangchung 0.07 0.62 0.01 0.70 0.33 1.05 0.01 1.40 0.03 0.38 0.01 0.41
Drashing 8.75 30.26 1.15 40.16 7.50 52.77 0.25 60.52 4.67 29.40 0.28 34.35
Tsim 0.03 1.93 0.02 1.99 0.25 3.18 0.00 3.43 0.17 2.32 0.00 2.49
Shinglep 0.02 0.48 0.00 0.50 0.10 0.65 0.00 0.75 0.07 0.31 0.01 0.38
Sawn mber 0.82 0.00 0.00 0.82 1.16 0.56 0.00 1.72 0.54 0.23 0.00 0.77
Firewood 7.97 39.79 1.10 48.87 32.29 57.62 1.36 91.27 22.74 20.68 0.23 43.65
Flag poles 0.02 0.03 0.00 0.05 1.18 3.84 0.00 5.02 0.25 0.67 0.00 0.92
Fencing posts 1.85 4.93 0.00 6.77 5.64 9.07 0.35 15.07 0.92 0.17 0.01 1.10
Other Poles/Posts
2.07 6.10 0.01 8.17 6.00 15.02 0.01 21.02 11.22 8.99 0.01 20.21
Logs 9.21 0.71 0.00 9.92 12.63 3.32 0.00 15.95 19.93 0.01 0.04 19.97
Woodchips 3.21 0.00 0.00 3.21 14.62 0.00 0.00 14.62 7.01 0.02 0.00 7.02
Others 0.19 0.85 0.00 1.04 2.49 0.29 0.42 3.20 3.32 0.78 2.16 6.26
Total 34.24 88.43 2.92 125.59 84.26 152.75 2.
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