8 October 2026Thimphu, Bhutan
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From Trenches to Touchscreens: Bhutan’s New Irrigation Story

For much of her life as a farmer, water meant waiting for Pema Zangmo. During the dry winter months in Tempakha Village in Bhutan’s Punakha district, irrigation water was scarce. Farmers sometimes waited more t...