Irrawaddy Division Lead Story News Politics
“I did not expect to be appointed chief minister,” he said. “If anything, I thought I might one day become a minister for agriculture.”
Lead Story News Politics Rakhine
The municipal affairs minister for Rakhine State, Min Aung, was yesterday voted out of office by his peers at an emergency session of the state parliament in Sittwe.
Once perfected in Burma, the technology could help other large-scale restoration projects, said WIF’s Lyngdoh.
On a hot day this month, farmers and workers could be seen harvesting potatoes in the wide expanse of fields outside southern Shan State’s Heho Township.
Lead Story Migrants Issues News
Burma and Japan are currently negotiating a fresh MoU aimed at creating technical training programmes in Japan, as well as protecting trainees’ rights.
The introduction of more productive crops is a key strategy for helping vulnerable communities in the Dry Zone.
Business Interview Lead Story News
Genuis Shan Highlands Coffee founder Ngwe Tun discusses organic coffee growing, marketing, and the challenges for Burma’s coffee industry.
Farmers Lead Story Mandalay Division News
In central Burma’s harsh dry environment, drip-irrigation vegetable gardens help hundreds of families get by.
Farmers Features Lead Story News
For many small farmers in southern Shan State, where roughly one-quarter of all of Burma’s soybean is grown, harvests have declined in quality and volume, putting pressure on livelihoods.
Many farmers in Arakan State suffer from the lack of labour, low mechanisation and poor market access for farm produce.
Health Interview Lead Story News
Dr Khin Mar Cho is a nutrition specialist and director at Cornell University’s College for Agriculture and Life Sciences in the USA.
Business Economy Lead Story News
The United States received its first commercial-scale imports of coffee from Burma in over 15 years this month as part of a US government programme to help farmers in the once-isolated Southeast Asian economy.
Economy Interview Lead Story News
Economist Sean Turnell speaks to DVB about the NLD’s recent economic policy statement and other issues related to Burma’s prospects for development.
India is looking to import pulses from Burma and African nations to counter a domestic shortfall of 7.6 million tonnes.
Environment Farmers Lead Story Natural resources News
The number of quarries in Mon State is quickly increasing and locals say authorities fail to regulate their environmental impact on farmlands.
Environment Farmers Lead Story News
Last year’s floods and other extreme weather events have prompted many farmers in the Irrawaddy Delta to leave some of their land fallow.
As the government’s agricultural bank begins handing out loans to farmers, some say they have to wait too late for money that has to be paid back too soon.
More than 95 percent of confiscated lands – some 350,000 acres – have been returned to farmers across Burma, according to the government’s Land Utilisation Management Committee, noting that just 17,091 acres are left to be returned nationwide.
2015 Elections Interview Lead Story News Politics
Sai Hso Harn spoke to DVB about contesting the regional assembly seat in Langkho, Shan State, and his time running an NGO to provide training for farmers.
Business Lead Story Natural Disasters News Trade
The World Bank’s prediction that the Burmese economy would grow at some 8.2 percent this year has been slashed in the latest ‘Myanmar Economic Report’.
Kubota, a Japanese agricultural equipment firm, is reportedly set to construct a machinery assembly plant in the Thilawa.
Business Lead Story Natural Disasters News
The temporary ban on Burma’s rice exports, which was imposed due to shortages and inflation during last month’s flood disaster, may soon be lifted.
Burma, which has imposed a temporary ban on rice exports after heavy rains and floods hit the northern and western regions of the country, may not resume rice exports until November, local sources said, quoting an announcement by the Ministry of Commerce.
Continuous heavy rain last week in Arakan State destroyed 170 acres of agricultural land, 550 houses, 5 schools, 5 monasteries and 47 bridges.
Foreign Affairs Lead Story News Politics
Burma’s President Thein Sein has concluded the first day of an official visit in Ulaanbaatar, expressing his satisfaction with Mongolian-Burmese relations.
Foreign Affairs Lead Story News Politics
Thein Sein is scheduled to make an official state visit to Mongolia later this month, at the invitation of Mongolian President Taskhiagiin Elbegdorj.
Business Weekly Lead Story News
In business this week: Central Bank moves to prevent commodity price hike; health insurance to go on sale; Burma’s AIIB coffers confirmed.
Development Lead Story News Trade
The World Bank on Thursday announced a new funding package for Burma, in it’s first full framework for the country since 1984.
Development Economy Lead Story News
Some economists are arguing that investment in Burma’s rice industry can put money in the hands of farmers, rather than corporations and greedy middlemen.
Business Development Lead Story News
The price of rice in Burma has increased by 41 percent in four years, much higher than rivals Thailand and Cambodia. This has led to a decrease in Burmese rice exports and food security at home.
