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Promising mountain products
Between October 2004 and March 2005, the FAO Mountain Products Programme funded a study for the Prioritization and Preliminary analysis of Strategic Sub-sectors in Bhutan, India and Nepal, which was carried out by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). Using a methodology for Promotion of Commercially Viable Solutions to Sub-sector and Business Constraints developed by Action for Enterprise, the Cordyseps sinensis (medicinal plant), matsutake wild mushroom, tasar silk and lokta handmade paper were selected, an analysis of constraints or bottlenecks along the supply chains carried out and suggestions for interventions to improve the value chains were made.
In 2007, the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) of the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) requested FAO to conduct an appraisal mission on the high-value mountain products sector in Bhutan with a view to advising the Government on core strategies for its development and identifying possible areas for FAO intervention that complement other on-going projects or initiatives. The report of the mission recommends two types of interventions. The first type of interventions occur at a more systemic level, and are aimed at fostering the development of a healthy environment for building successful enterprises in the high-value, low-volume agricultural sector. A second type of interventions targets a limited number of potential value chains that could serve as models to test specific project approaches aimed at developing high-quality mountain products.
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