Bhutan has made strides towards achieving food security over the past two decades. Its experiences shed light on the merits of food self-sufficiency as a strategy, so the Royal Government of Bhutan, IFPRI, and the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation are assembling a broad array of stakeholders in the capital, Thimpu, on July 2 to examine the evidence. The “Agricultural and Food Policy Research and Capacity Building” workshop will focus on research findings that address six critical questions, each outlined in a newly-released summary report. These include:

Food demand
Agricultural commercialization and diversification
Agricultural trade
Technology adoption and productivity
Food security and food self-sufficiency in Bhutan
Achieving rice self sufficiency