“Life in Drachukha is not easy. But our strong sense of community and the natural beauty of where we live give us more than enough reason to try sustaining ourselves and our families at home in our village!” says Choki Seldon, the leader of the women farmers’ cooperative.

Drachukha community is located within Jigme Dorji National Park which has high biodiversity value. The project wants build resilience by integrating regenerative agriculture into the surrounding ecosystems. The Cooperative has set up the first EU organic certified farms in Bhutan, contributing to Bhutan’s ambition to become the first entirely organic farmed country in the world. With the guaranteed market, the farmers have started targeted rotation of crops, inter-cropping of beneficial plants and inclusion of perennial plants into the farming system to increase biodiversity and improve soil health.