Bean farms flooded by authorities in Bago
Jan 9, 2009 (DVB)-About 60 acres of bean plants were destroyed in Bago division’s Nyaung Lay Pin province when authorities opened the nearby floodgates, allegedly to force farmers to grow[…]
Cotton farmers forced to grow sugar cane
Oct 20, 2008 (DVB), Cotton farmers in Magwe’s Aung Lan township said they have been forced by a local military officer to grow sugar cane, even though the land is[…]
Water diversion for forced paddy-growing threatens farmlands
Mar 18, 2008 (DVB), Authorities in Zee Gone township, Bago division, have been forcing local bean farmers to grow summer paddy and diverting a water channel from another village to[…]
