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Title: Agricultural Interventions in the Bhutanese Context for Sustainability-A Documentary Analysis Using a Thematic Conceptual Framework
Contributor(s): Dorji, Kinley  (author); Miller, Judith  (author)orcid ; Wu, Shubiao  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2023-03
Early Online Version: 2023-02-25
Open Access: Yes
DOI: 10.3390/su15054177
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/54565
Abstract: 

Innovation contexts and associated elements determine the type of innovation and adoption. This study aimed at the understanding of the innovation policy and intervention mechanism within the Bhutanese Department of Agriculture (DoA). We developed a conceptual model from the themes and the OECD evaluation criteria based on the conceptual model. The national issues and opportunities related to the agriculture and forestry of Bhutan were defined, and policy gaps were identified between the national plan and the institutional programs that were implemented. A total of 67 government documents from the relevant agencies were collected, of which, 33 documents were included, based on the inclusion criteria that matched with the conceptual, thematic analytical model. Our results from the document analysis show that the institutional innovative interventions appeared relevant to the Bhutanese context; however, inadequate coherence (mapping and alignment) of the institutional intervention programs with the national issues and goals suggested the need for the Bhutanese agricultural innovation system to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the program results. Similarly, coordination and collaboration were found to be necessary to extract the synergistic impact of the innovative interventions at the various levels of administrative hierarchy. Institutional accountability and interventional coherence at different organisational levels needs reviewing in order to achieve the sustainability of the outcome in Bhutanese agricultural research.

Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Sustainability, 15(5), p. 1-17
Publisher: MDPI AG
Place of Publication: Switzerland
ISSN: 2071-1050
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 300210 Sustainable agricultural development
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 160205 Policies and development
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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School of Education
School of Environmental and Rural Science

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