Happy Birthday His Majesty the fourth Druk Gyalpo Jigme Singye Wangchuck
On the joyous occasion of 61st birth anniversary of our His Majesty, the fourth Druk Gyalpo Jigme Singye Wangchuck, we join the nation in offering our deepest respects, heartfelt felicitations and prayers for His Majesty’s [...]
Eat Organic, Eat Safe
Eat Organic, Eat Safe We are what we eat. When we eat food full of toxic chemicals, we pay the price with our health. There is an epidemic of diseases related to our lifestyle and [...]
Universal Human Values workshop in Kanpur
Glimpses from Universal Human Values workshop in Kanpur, field trip to Navdanya farm, Dehradun and finally visit to Bodhgaya, India: 18th October - 5th November, 2016. Co-existence Role of Education - Sanskar [...]
Conventional Vs SRI
Crop cut for conventional paddy field to compare it's yield and that of SRI field
GNH-community.
Strumming softer chords of GNH-community. Mencharipas at Universal Human Values session resourced by Mr. Kala Tshering from JNEC Mencharipas watching Hiware Baazar video for commuity harmony Imparting knowledge [...]
Working together!
Institutional agreement between ARDC Wengkhar, DoA MoAF, Samdrup Jongkhar Initiative, Dzongkhag Agriculture and Office of Programme Management, CARLEP in expansion of extension services through Farmer Promoter Concept was signed on October 15, 2016 at SJI [...]
Institutionalizing & building effective partnership
Jigme Namgyel Engineering College (JNEC) has been an important traditional partner of SJI. The establishment of its Centre for Appropriate Technology (CAT) in 2011 is based on SJI’s research findings of 2010. CAT is recognized [...]
SJI engages educators from Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkhag: Rethinking Education
SJI engaged 96 educators of Samdrup Jongkhar dzongkhag, who were attending the dzongkhag level curriculum conference from 9-10 October, 2016 with the theme ‘Rethinking Education”. It is a nationwide initiative, a move that invited grass [...]
“We don’t value our gold but value what looks like gold from “Blueland”
The farming community has been safeguarding and developing the country’s bio-diversity for over hundreds of years. Dru-na-gu or nine food crops, namely rice, maize, wheat, barley, buckwheat, millets, pulses, oilseeds and amaranths, dominated the Bhutanese [...]