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    Tagged: rice

    Farmers Lead Story News

    Thai junta offers farmers $514 million in rice loans

    The move to help rice growers struggling with falling prices comes as farmers become the new battleground between the junta and the opposition.

    Aid Karen Lead Story News

    Burmese govt launches aid effort for IDPs in Karen State

    Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement says it has delivered humanitarian relief for over 3,800 villagers displaced by recent hostilities.

    Irrawaddy Division Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    45,000 affected by floods in Irrawaddy delta

    “It would be nice if the government could provide some assistance, such as rice and clean water to drink,” said a local farmer.

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    Arakan Lead Story News

    Food, water, shelter needed for Arakan flood evacuees

    The main townships affected are reported to be Minbya, Ponnagyun, Mrauk-U, Pauktaw and Kyauktaw.

    Lead Story News

    Interview: Breaking the cycle of malnutrition in Burma

    The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) in Burma is facing a funding shortfall of $51 million to meet all the needs till the end of 2016.

    Business Lead Story Natural Disasters News Trade

    Burmese economic growth stymied by flooding: World Bank

    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’.

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    Business Weekly

    Read the latest business and banking updates straight from Burma.

    Business Farmers Lead Story News

    Burma boosted by rice reserves news

    Despite the slowdown in production due to the recent floods, more than 500,000 tonnes of rice remain.

    Business Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Burmese rice exports to resume

    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.

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    Rice exports could be banned till November

    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.

    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.

    Business Business Weekly Lead Story News

    Business Weekly

    This week’s business news: rice exports suspended; foreign firms bid for gas venture; first Malaysian bank opens; Japan pledges to Rangoon rail project.

    Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Flood aid begins arriving from India, China

    The Indian air force sends two cargo planes, while a Chinese convoy brings rice, noodles and medicine. The EU, Britain and USA all offer donations.

    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.

    Bee Mont is a popular early-morning snack around Inle Lake. (PHOTO: Ko Hwte).

    Culture Lead Story Lifestyle News Shan

    Discovering Inle street food

    DVB reporter Ko Htwe finds some of Burma’s best food situated around Inle Lake, a UNESCO-recognised biosphere reserve located in southern Shan State.

    Business Weekly Lead Story News Pegu Division Trade

    Business weekly 8 May 2015

    Telenor posts record revenues; Carlsberg opens beer factory in Pegu; Burma poised to be leading rice exporter; and rents in Rangoon on the rise.

    Business Interview Lead Story News

    Selling rice to China

    As a pilot programme to export rice to China nears, DVB’s Aye Nai speaks to Ye Min Aung, the Myanmar Rice Federation general secretary.

    Development Economy Lead Story News

    Grains of hope: Rice production as poverty alleviation

    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.

    Burma Business Business Weekly Lead Story News Trade

    Burma Business Weekly

    ADB pledge $80m to Irrawaddy delta; Burma tackles rising power demands; preparations underway for new Indo-Burma trade zone; S Korea assists rice exports.

    Business Lead Story News Trade

    Burma’s rice exports, production up in 2014: FAO

    Despite a global drop in rice production in 2014, Burma increased cultivation and profits from export, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

    Business Kachin Lead Story News Trade

    China’s crackdown on money laundering affects Burmese exports

    Burmese exports to China have decreased recently following a Chinese government move to freeze hundreds of bank accounts in border regions in an attempt to crackdown on illicit financial transactions across the Sino-Burmese border.

    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.

    Irrawaddy Division Land Lead Story News

    Jail, hard labour for 70 year-old couple 




    Five family members—including two 70-year old grandparents—were sentenced to six months’ imprisonment plus hard labour for harvesting paddy on disputed land.

    Business Lead Story News

    Farmers Association to buy rainy season paddy

    Nearly 16 million acres of rice fields are due to be harvested next month, a seasonal task that marks the end of the rainy season. However, with a glut or excess in the market, farmers worry that prices will drop.

    Bullet Points: 1 September 2014 video

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    Bullet Points: 1 September 2014

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    Business Business Weekly Lead Story News

    BURMA BUSINESS WEEKLY – 29 August 2014

    Burma’s currency was stable again this week; the buying rate for Burmese kyat on Friday was 973 to the US dollar. The price of gold rose slightly to 671,300 kyat per tical, up from 669,000 kyat last week. Fuel and rice prices remained steady.

    Lead Story News

    China inspects Burma’s rice in advance of trade agreement

    Chinese technicians arrived in Rangoon on Wednesday to kick-start implementation of rice-inspection protocols as the two countries move closer to reaching a trade agreement.

    Bullet Points: 26 August 2014 video

    Lead Story News

    Bullet Points: 26 August 2014

    Watch today’s top stories with Angus Watson

    Business Lead Story News

    Burma’s rice exports up 41 percent

    Burma has exported around US$196 million worth of rice from 1 April to 15 August 2014, up 41 percent from the same period last year, despite an ongoing freeze at the Chinese border.

    Business Business Weekly Lead Story News

    BUSINESS WEEKLY – 24 August 2014

    BUSINESS in BURMA THIS WEEK: China aims to legalise Burmese rice imports; Muse SEZ to be completed by 2017; Malaysian firm to supply Komatsu dozers in Hpakant; Telenor promises roll-out in September.

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