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Department of Agricultural Marketing and Cooperatives
སོ་ནམ་ཚོང་འབྲེལ་དང་མཉམ་ལས་ཚོགས་སྡེ་ལས་ཁུངས།
Agency overview
FormedMarch 2010
HeadquartersThimphu, Bhutan
Agency executive
  • Mr. Tashi Dorji
Websitehttps://damc.gov.bt/

Department of Agricultural Marketing and Coopoperatives (Dzongkha: སོ་ནམ་ཚོང་འབྲེལ་དང་མཉམ་ལས་ཚོགས་སྡེ་ལས་ཁུངས། Wylie: sonam tshongdrel dang nyam le tsogde lekhung) is a governmental department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of Bhutan.[1]

History

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The Department of Agricultural Marketing and Cooperatives (DAMC) was established in March 2010 by upgrading the Agricultural Marketing Services Division, of MoAL as the Royal Government of Bhutan was prioritizing cooperative development as a key strategy to enhance agricultural progress and rural livelihoods. DAMC was being entrusted with important responsibilities such as transitioning agriculture into a market economy, implementing the Cooperative (Amendment) Act of 2009, and strengthening marketing linkages while exploring international markets.[2][failed verification]

Divisions and Units

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Market Development Division

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Cooperative Development Division

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Market Information and Research Division

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RNR-Enterprise Development and Coordination Unit

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References

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  1. ^ "DAMC". 2025-04-17. Retrieved 2025-05-01.
  2. ^ https://www.damc.gov.bt/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/C-BuDS-Guidelines-Undertaking.pdf