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Blessed Rainy Day
The Family of Food Corporation of Bhutan Limited wish you and your family "A Happy Blessed Rainy Day!". May this auspicious occasion of the blessed rainy day brings you peace, good health and happiness....
Potato exporters worry as their trucks stopped at border
Customs officials in India stopped trucks carrying potatoes from Bhutan without a plant quarantine certificate (PQC), which has affected business for potato exporters and bidders in Samdrupjongkhar. Exporters said that they have not been able to export potatoes from the Samdrupjongkhar Food Corporation of Bhutan Limited ...
Annual Performance Compact(APC) Signing
Directors of both the departments, Department of Corporate Business(DoCB) and Department of Corporate Services(DoCS) signed an Annual Performance Compact(APC) with their respective Heads of Division on 25th Sept, 2021 for the fiscal year 2021. The APCs are expected to help each division work towards achieving the goals iden...
FCB to the rescue of Bartsham’s Quinoa growers
Farmers in Bartsham, Trashigang, gathered with sacks of Quinoa as officials from the Food Corporation of Bhutan (FCB) came with a truck to lift their stock. They have been desperately trying to find buyers for more than seven months now. The farmers said they could not export last year’s harvest due to the ongoing pand...
Buyback not a good approach because it depletes government resources: FCBL
FCBL says export restrictions are designed to safeguard trading partners’ local farming communities, while some are designed to defend against diseases and chemicals. According to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Food Corporation of Bhutan Limited (FCBL), Naiten Wangchuk, Buyback is not a good system because it wil...