Backbone to Bhutan’s early stage industrialization journey, Agriculture employs over 55% workforce upholds food security for the landlocked mountainous country though average farm holding sizes around one acre coupled with low mechanization investment, climate threats and post harvest storage infrastructure gaps affect productivity severely throttling fulfilment of poverty reduction goals centrally despite past progress. However, attracting investments into integrated cold storage logistics development linking farming hinterlands demand centers alongside nurturing cooperatives participation for smallholders now emerge among top policy intervention priorities set for the agriculture sector to nourish national needs sufficiently while keeping up export readiness.
Moreover, precision advisory penetration supporting local nutritional security also warrants scaling through rural ICT tools adoption bridging gaps. Well positioned to advise regional farm ecosystems integrative development strategies balancing continuity and ecological sustainability having assisted major producers earlier, our advisors at consulting firm RFC offer readily relevant ideas guiding Bhutan’s crops prioritization, youth skilling initiatives and infrastructure advancement essential for optimizing productivity unlocks upholding carry capacities responsibly!