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    Tagged: farmers

    Farmers Feature Features (OLD) Lead Story News

    Climate of uncertainty fuels anxiety, exodus in Dry Zone

    A changing climate is putting downward pressure on residents in Burma’s Dry Zone, where farming families stretch back generations.

    Environment Farmers Lead Story Natural resources News

    In Mon State, expanding quarries threaten farms

    The number of quarries in Mon State is quickly increasing and locals say authorities fail to regulate their environmental impact on farmlands.

    Lead Story Natural Disasters News Pegu Division

    Pegu farmlands destroyed by floods

    “Farmlands located in the east and west of Zigon were destroyed. The floodwater is yet to subside, and the river is still swelling.”

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    Farmers Lead Story News

    Land grabs rampant in conflict-ridden Kachin State

    At the expense of poor farmers, land grabs have been on the rise since conflict re-erupted in Kachin State.

    Land Lead Story News

    Land returned ‘to the wrong hands’

    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

    I speak the farmers’ language, says Shan candidate

    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.

    Farmers Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Burmese farmers in race against time

    Farmers in flood-hit Burma face a scramble to replant damaged paddy fields in the next two weeks to avoid food shortages.

    Two dead as flood waters sweep Sagaing video

    Lead Story News Sagaing Video

    Two dead as flood waters sweep Sagaing

    As many as one hundred and fifty towns in lower Sagaing Division have been inundated, impacting as many as ten thousand people.

    Farmers from Pantanaw Township rally, demanding the return of land they claim to have been confiscated in 1999-2000. (PHOTO: DVB).

    Irrawaddy Division Land Lead Story News

    Pantanaw farmers rally against land grabs

    Local farmers from the Irrawaddy delta staged a protest rally on Friday, demanding the return of land they claim was confiscated in 1999-2000.

    Land Lead Story News Protest

    Kyaukphyu farmers rally against Daewoo gas plant

    Residents from Malakyun and Gonchein villages are demanding compensation for the farmland destroyed by the company’s operations.

    Land Lead Story News

    Su Su Nway: Ploughing a new direction

    DVB spoke to the founder and leader of the Myanmar Farmers Union about her organisation’s aims and future plans.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News

    Election 2015 roundup: 11 May

    In election news: The NLD launches an awareness campaign; the USDP plans a strategy for victory; a code of conduct for the press.

    Karenni Land Lead Story News Protest

    ‘Plough protest’ supporters rally in Loikaw

    Following last week’s sentencing of three local farmers, a Karenni court finds six more guilty of trespassing, prompting local supporters to stage a rally.

    Karenni Land Lead Story News

    Anger as ‘plough protest’ farmers found guilty

    As many as 500 villagers protested in front of a township court after three of their peers were sentenced for their part in a symbolic “plough protest”.

    Lead Story News Sagaing Trade

    Poultry ban after bird flu outbreak in Monywa

    Restrictions on the movement and sale of poultry are in place as a H5N1 outbreak takes hold in Sagaing Division.

    Lead Story News Shan Trade

    AWOL Chinese traders leave farmers out of pocket

    Farmers in Shan State are owed a huge sum of money after their trading partners were arrested back in China.

    Lead Story News Pegu Division

    Farmers decry fishpond-flooding trial as ‘unfair’

    One of the accused farmers said they had received permission to punch the holes in the embankment that caused the fishery to flood.

    Land Lead Story News Tenasserim

    Tavoy farmers in land dispute stand-off

    A stand-off continues on Wednesday between farmers and construction company workers at an urban development project in Tavoy in Tenasserim Division.

    Analysis Contributor Land Lead Story News

    Protecting profits over people

    Burma’s National Land Use Policy must first address the discrepancies between protecting vulnerable peoples’ land use rights and claims before creating an enabling investment environment.

    Law Lead Story News Parliament

    MPs approve Suu Kyi bill to speed-up bylaws

    Aung San Suu Kyi’s proposed bill calling on government ministries to speed-up the issuance of bylaws and regulations was unanimously approved by parliament on Wednesday.

    Business Development Lead Story News

    Rice price volatility in Burma must be addressed, says World Bank

    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.

    Land Lead Story News Pegu Division

    Nattalin farmers march for misappropriated lands

    Around 450 acres of land belonging to 123 farmers in Dhammange, Phalanbin, Jobintha and Shasaybo villages were allegedly confiscated in 1991 by the Burmese army.

    Development Land Lead Story News

    NGOs say ethnic areas have no ‘virgin lands’

    A coalition of ethnic NGOs says the draft National Land Use Policy is flawed because it overlooks traditional shifting agricultural practices in Burma.

    Karen Land Lead Story News

    10 Hpa-an land claim protestors sentenced

    The ten were part of more than 100 local villagers who attended a rally in Hpa-an on 25 August calling for the return of lands they allege were seized from them by the military government in 1986.

    Land Lead Story News Sagaing

    Seven Kanbalu plough protestors released from jail

    Seven farmers from Kanbalu in Sagaing Division, jailed for staging plough protests on confiscated land, were released from prison after serving their full three-month sentences.

    Land Lead Story News

    Farmers face eviction in Mandalay

    Twenty-eight farmers near Pyin Oo Lwin, Mandalay Division, are facing eviction after years of property battles, villagers say.

    Karen Land Lead Story News

    Hpa-an farmers march for return of seized lands

    More than a hundred farmers from nine villages in Hpa-an Township, Karen State, staged a rally on Monday demanding the return of lands they say were seized by the military many years ago.

    Rice wine remains perfect tonic for Karenni farmers video

    Culture Lead Story News

    Rice wine remains perfect tonic for Karenni farmers

    As brands of Burmese alcohol compete with recently approved foreign liquor imports, Karenni villagers are fighting to retain local brewing customs.

    Environment Lead Story News Pegu Division

    Pegu govt promises to help farmers with damaged rice fields

    The regional government of Pegu Division pledged to assist local farmers whose paddy fields were damaged in recent flooding.

    Bullet Points: 13 August 2014 video

    Lead Story News Uncategorized

    Bullet Points: 13 August 2014

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