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Young entrepreneur turns local crops into snacks in rural Trashigang

ཟླ་༤ 04, 2026 1 mins read
Young entrepreneur turns local crops into snacks in rural Trashigang

Trashigang—Six months into launching his food business, Ugyen Phuntsho, 28, from Lumang Gewog in Trashigang, is earning between Nu 20,000 and Nu 30,000 a month by turning local farm produce into packaged snacks.

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