News on The Potato Supply Chain from Bhutan

The extension of the existing import policy for potato between India and Bhutan brings clarity and eliminates the need for additional documentation.

India on Saturday threw open its domestic market for certain agricultural commodities including potatoes from Bhutan.

In Bhutan, potato farmers have seen the price of potato transport double and have no options but to take it. While the yield is good this year, farmers supplying potatoes from the six eastern dzongkhags to the auction yard in Samdrupjongkhar say tran...

With more and more villages getting connected with farm roads, the Samdrupjongkhar auction yard is experiencing an increase flow of potatoes, according to officials. Food Corporation of Bhutan manager Purna Tamang in the border town said the potato su...

As the potato season draws to an close, farmers from Trashigang, the largest potato cultivating dzongkhag in eastern Bhutan, are rushing off to trade their last remains of the season in a bid to obtain the best price.But fluctuations in the price of po...

On July 16, farmer Sonam Tshering, 55, from Paro, went down to Phuentsholing with 23 sacks of potato, optimistic of earning a good sum. He thought of how he would be able to meet the expenses of his two sons, both monks at Ramjam Rinpoche dratshang in ...