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MoAL ramps up irrigation investment to safeguard food security

ཟླ་༡༢ 27, 2025 3 mins read
MoAL ramps up irrigation investment to safeguard food security

Climate change has resulted in growing scarcity of irrigation water, increasingly affecting the agriculture sector and national food security.

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