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Karenni farmers say they cannot afford $4 annual tax
Locals in Demoso say the KNPP imposes an annual tax of about 5,000 kyat per household, and that they were given a 10 October deadline to pay up.
Kyaukphyu farmers spurn compensation, say CNPC trying to trick them
Twenty-one local farmers spurn a compensation ceremony in Kyaukphyu, Arakan State, when they find that the event was being staged to conclude the matter without attempting to rectify damage to their fields.
Sagaing farmers call for compensation, closure of nickel mine
Residents from 22 villages around the town of Tigyaing said they lost a total of 16,632 acres to land grabs by the military government between 2005 and 2008 to make way for the Tagaung Nickel Mining Project and other ventures.
Ethnic farmers prefer communal land, says CSO report
A majority of ethnic farmers in Burma would prefer to share community land rather than own their title deed to a plot, according to the findings of the Ethnic Community Development Forum.
Burma’s farmers fret as weather grows more extreme
Last year’s floods and other extreme weather events have prompted many farmers in the Irrawaddy Delta to leave some of their land fallow.
Farmers begin getting bigger loans, but for some, it’s a little too late
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.
