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Bhutan hosts Global Food Summit amid its own farming crisis

Sep 02, 2026 4 mins read
Bhutan hosts Global Food Summit amid its own farming crisis

More than 400 delegates from over 60 countries have gathered in Paro to chart a “conscious” future for global food systems, even as Bhutan’s own agriculture sector, battered by a shrinking workforce, unfunded programmes, and fallow land shows just how far the world, and the host nation itself, has to travel.

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