Organizational Structure
Background of Organization
Bhutan’s development aspiration is Gross National Happiness (GNH), a philosophy envisioned by His Majesty, King Jigme Singye Wangchuck. GNH seeks to place spiritual and emotional well being of a person along side material need. The state seeks to create conditions to address this holistic need of a person. Bhutan endeavors to create enabling conditions for happiness through four pillars of development; environmental preservation, promotion and conservation of cultural heritage, balanced socio economic development and good governance.
With majority of the Bhutanese living in remote villages they constitute the primary beneficiary for Bhutan’s development endeavor. Being entirely dependent on subsistence farming, their daily lives are entwined in agricultural activities. Constrained with rough terrain, small acreage, lack of farming technology and shortage of farm labor, farming in Bhutan is associated with drudgery, hardship and adversity. Traditionally, for most farmers it is a way of life to plough, sow, weed and harvest to subsist until the next season and to repeat the cycle all over again.
The Ministry of Agriculture in Bhutan champions the cause of the Bhutanese farmers. Through its ‘Tripple Gem’ – the three pronged strategy – it seeks to improve agriculture in Bhutan by enhancing productivity, improving accessibility and strengthening marketing. The triple gem strategy and encapsulates all initiatives such as strengthening marketing. The triple gem strategy encapsulates all initiatives such as strengthening research and development, prevention of rural – urban migration, making farming attractive, land reforms, conserving agriculture farms and delivering improved farm inputs.