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than 80% of the population of Bhutan are engaged in subsistence
farming, a factor which is generally an indicator of poverty and
structural economic deprivation. However, given the recent
exposure of the flaws in Western obsession with delusional fiat
economics, it is perhaps refreshing to see that in some countries,
people retain their connection to the land and that, when push comes
to shove, they are probably a lot more likely to survive the storm.
It is probably also the case that the labour
intensive farming practices are best suited to the mountainous
terrain (you could hardly imagine a $200,000 combine harvester
traversing the Himalayan slopes) and of course keep people gainfully
employed. What is surprising though is that for such a fertile
land, the food is so unutterably monotonous. They grow all
kinds of vegetables and the famous red rice, have goats, sheep,
poultry, dairy herds , cheese, butter, the lot, so why such a
primitive diet?
Anyway, very photogenic in the morning mist
and fascinating to watch other people working.... |
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