Meanwhile those who took up farming earlier this year say it is paying off The Agriculture Minister Yeshey Penjor said that there are lots of individuals who are interested to work in the agricultural sector so MoAF is planning to employee around 7,500 youths in the Renewable Natural Resources (RNR) …

Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering announced that the existing CFM will always remain a farmer’s market. However, for now they will ensure only one third of the existing cubicles remain open to serve the people of that area. It will open from Wednesday. He did he would like to update …

According to the Director of Food Corporation of Bhutan Limited Dorji Tashi, FCBL has not imported any onions since the export of onion from Indian has been banned about few weeks ago and the situation remains still same to this day. He said that with regards to tomato, FCBL is …

According to the Engineer of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Khandu Tshering, the Ministry will engage youth in the construction of irrigation canals in the country after providing some basic training. His Majesty The King in a recent Royal Address called upon the youth of the country to come …

The Tshogpa of Centenary Farmers Market (CFM) Dendup, said there are no proper facilities in the zones and the two Multi Level Car Parkings where the vendors can operate their business. He said that the vendors are not willing to move to the MLCPs where they are kept on the …

According to the Haa Dzongdag Kinzang Dorji, the dzongkhag is going forward with the strategy of self sufficiency in vegetables all year round and ideally within the dzongkhag itself. He said that the lockdown in the country happened when there were plenty of vegetables in the upper Haa. If this …

During the COVID-19 press briefing held on friday, the Health Minister Dechen Wangmo said that 757 people are living in 9 clusters in Phuentsholing red zone and most of them coming to around 300 are in and around the DANTAK cluster. “We will test them from 23rd September. If all …

Agriculture Minister Yeshey Penjor said that when the lockdown happened, for the first two to three days there was a problem since the Ministry supplied the vegetables and thromde distributed it but it didn’t go well since there was shortage of manpower and Thromde was receiving more than 3,000 calls …

Decision to move sections of CFM to poorly ventilated MLCPs also raises concerns According to the Tshogpa of Centenary Farmers Market, Dendup, the Prime Minister has clearly explained about the current pandemic; however, the vendors are not happy since vendors were made to take part in lucky draw for the …

Agriculture Minister Yeshey Penjor said COVID-19 has taught lessons on why Bhutan should be food self sufficient and where Bhutan went wrong in securing that food security. “It was a blessing in disguise for the Ministry to learn so many things from the experience of COVID-19,” the Agriculture Minister said. …