Bhutan’s egg shortage: A crisis seeded months ago


THIMPHU: It might surprise many to learn that the current egg scarcity and the steep rise in prices to as high as Nu 480 (US$5.41) per tray was set in motion half a year ago.

Decisions made quietly on farms months earlier are now echoing loudly across kitchen tables nationwide.

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