In recent times, there have been repeated reports of hundreds of tons of farmers’ potatoes rotting in the auction/storage yards of the Food Corporation of Bhutan (FCB) in Phuentsholing.
WHY?
Why are the potatoes allowed to rot?
Hundreds of tons of potatoes are allowed to go to waste - through rotting!
Photo courtesy of BBS
In the aftermath of the COVID-19, the government was encouraged to set up a network of cold storage facilities across the country so that surplus or unsold food produces could be stored safely – for release during times of shortage.
From what I know ---- in the last year or so Bhutan has set up a substantial number of cold storage facilities at strategic locations spread across the length and breadth of the country. Then why are they NOT used? What is the reason?
Are the facilities none-functional? Or, are the farmers too greedy?
There is a need to get to the bottom of this!
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