Poster Title: Understanding the relations between sheep farming and its changing environment in Bhutan: A case of the Brokpa shepherds of Merak and Sakteng
Nedup Dorji is a Lecturer at the College of Natural Resources, The Royal University of Bhutan in 2007. In 2008, he was awarded for the Thai International Cooperation Agency to pursue a MSc in Agriculture at Khon Kaen University, Thailand (graduated in 2010). During his MSc, he assessed genetic variations of Bhutanese indigenous chickens, and compared with Thai native chickens and commercial chicken lines. In 2016, Nedup was awarded the Netherlands University Foundation for International Cooperation in Higher Education to pursue a PhD study at the Farm Technology group in collaboration with the Animal Production Systems group of Wageningen University. His study focused on transhumant yak farming in Bhutan. Currently, he is the Managing editor and editorial board member of the Bhutan Journal of Natural Resources and Development (BJNRD) and till date he has been working as the Lecturer at the College of Natural Resources, The Royal University of Bhutan.