Since there is a limited supply of meat in the market, the meat vendors in the country are worried that they might not be able to pay the rent for their meat shops with the business gone down. The minimum rent for the meat shop space is Nu 50,000 and …

Cabbages bought at Nu 19 per Kg from farmers and sold at Nu 5.5 per Kg According to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Food Corporation of Bhutan (FCB) Limited, Naiten Wangchuk, the COVID-19 pandemic is severely affecting the export business. “Export is becoming difficult in the course of COVID-19. …

Thimphu Thrompon Kinlay Dorjee said that one of the main reasons why there is overflowing of drains is because of the waste being dumped in the drains. “People without even getting permission or asking anyone fit their pipe along the drain and the waste gets stuck around the pipe and …

Price of meat soars with limited supply in the market and as restaurants lose customers The price of meat has increased due to the limited supply from the source and ban of meat imports in the country. Before the holy month, beef was sold at Nu 300 per kilogram (kg), …

As the country focuses on producing local vegetables amid COVID-19, the vegetables vendors at the Centenary Farmers’ Market (CFM) stated that their business has gone down due to absence of foreign labourers, people ordering the vegetables and fruits online and excess production. Dechen Dema, 38, said that most of her …

With the closure of the border, ban of meat import and shortage of feeds, the price of eggs has gone up in the midst of COVID-19. A month ago, one could buy a tray of eggs for Nu 200 at the Centenary Farmers’ Market in Thimphu. A tray of eggs …

Over production of local farm produce should not be an issue: Agriculture Minister Agriculture Minister Yeshey Penjor said FCBL is to implement the Buyback Scheme for farm produce and so the government has provided them with the overdraft (OD) facility. The OD from the bank is to ensure that the …

Ministry of Agriculture and Forests (MoAF) is implementing a water flagship program to tackle the shortage of water for irrigation. According to the Agriculture Minister Yeshey Penjor, the government cannot assure 100 percent irrigation water supply due to the unreliable water sources. “Irrigation is dependent on water resources which measurably …

The pandemic has hit all the sectors in the country and people have lost their only source of income to COVID-19. People in different sectors have started doing commercial farming and some are already into construction work. Meanwhile, Tshering Dorji, 32, from Samdrupjongkhar and Dorji Nidup, 40, from Zhemgang have …

Agriculture Minister Yeshey Penjore said that the government plans on exporting the excess vegetables that cannot be sold in the country. The Food Corporation of Bhutan (FCBL) has been notified to buyback the vegetables from the farmers. “We have 24 items of vegetables which are produced in bigger quantity. And …