Agriculture remains central to Bhutan's economy and food security, and agribusiness is a growing target for investment as the country pursues value addition and export. The 2025 reforms have made certain agricultural activities particularly accessible to foreign capital, which has changed the calculus for investors who previously found the sector difficult to enter. Under the FDI Rules & Regulations 2025, several agricultural activities, such as floriculture, animal husbandry, aquaculture and plantation crops, allow 100 percent foreign ownership subject to minimum investment thresholds. Foreign investors generally access land on lease rather than freehold, while local partners may capitalise freehold land, and agribusiness ventures also engage environmental clearances, processing and export requirements, and supply chain documentation.

Basnet Attorneys & Law advises on foreign direct investment eligibility for fully foreign-owned agricultural activities, land lease structuring, business formation and licensing, supply, offtake and export contracts, environmental compliance, and disputes. We help agribusiness clients use the favourable 2025 framework while building enforceable commercial arrangements across the value chain.