RAMC, Khangma

CENTRE'S PROFILE

The Reginonal Agriculture Machinery Centre (RAMC) Khangma is located in eastern part of Bhutan, Trashi gang above sherubtse college. The centre maintains adequite facilities to provide farm mechanization services to six eastern Dzongkhag (Trashigang, Mongar, Lhuntse, Tashi Yangtse, Pema Gatshel and Samdrup Jongkhar) for upland mechanization.

It caters to three mandates for upland

TRAINING

The centre is mandated to provide training to farmers, school dropouts, students, and technical training institutes students free of cost with minimal allowances provided by RGoB. Taining on operation, maintenance of farm machines and farming technologies are provided on a regular basis.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

The centre caters to coming up with tehcnologies that are required and needed for hilly areas. The research and evaluation is conducted at centre and also at farmers' places for feed back collections and finally dessimination of these proven technologies to the end users

STANDARD AND TESTING

The centre also caters to the drafting of standard based on the need in collaboration with the head quarter. The machines are then tested in these terrains based on the standards approved.