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    Jatropha fuel plan stalled on road to nowhere
    January 9, 2014in Archives, Lead Story, News3by DVB
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    Jatropha fuel plan stalled on road to nowhere

    Farmers coerced to grow jatropha by Burma’s former military junta are now suffering enormous losses after the new government abandoned the project with no apparent exit strategy.

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    December 16, 2008in Uncategorized0by Staff Reporter
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    Bago farmers forced to grow sunflowers

    Dec 16, 2008 (DVB), Authorities in Bago division’s Nyaunglebin district have been forcing farmers to grow sunflowers and threatening to confiscate lands of those who refuse to comply, according to…

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    May 28, 2008in Uncategorized111by Staff Reporter
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    Local authorities skim money off farm subsidies

    May 28, 2008 (DVB), Farmers in Zee Gone township, Bago division, have been forced to give almost one fifth of their state agricultural loans to local authorities, a local farmer…

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    March 18, 2008in Uncategorized1by Staff Reporter
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    Bean farmers hit by poor harvest and low prices

    Mar 18, 2008 (DVB), Bean farmers in Tharawaddy township in Bago division have suffered losses due to low bean prices and a poor harvest caused by unseasonal rains. A local…

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