Bhutan Seedlings

In just over a half-century, Bhutan has achieved considerable socioeconomic progress despite being landlocked and the many challenges presented by its landlocked status. It has never been an easy feat for countries to graduate from the UN’s list of least developed countries (LDCs), but Bhutan has achieved that extraordinary milestone at the end of 2023 despite becoming one of the latest members of the UN in 1971. Throughout Bhutan’s development journey, the agriculture sector has been a major contributor to the development. Going forward in the post-graduation era, a host of policy reforms in entrepreneurship, FDI, and diversification of firms and industries would be essential. One area with immense opportunity for explor