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    Climate of uncertainty fuels anxiety, exodus in Dry Zone
    June 26, 2017in Farmers, Feature, Features (OLD), Lead Story, News1669by KIMBERLEY PHILLIPS / DVB
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    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.

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    In Mon State, expanding quarries threaten farms
    June 24, 2016in Environment, Farmers, Lead Story, Natural resources, News47by PHYO THIHA CHO / MYANMAR NOW
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    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.

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    Pegu farmlands destroyed by floods
    June 15, 2016in Lead Story, Natural Disasters, News, Pegu Division190by NAW NOREEN / DVB
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    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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    Land grabs rampant in conflict-ridden Kachin State
    February 23, 2016in Farmers, Lead Story, News333by THIN LEI WIN
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    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.

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    Land returned ‘to the wrong hands’
    November 30, 2015in Land, Lead Story, News37by DVB
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    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…

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    I speak the farmers’ language, says Shan candidate
    October 12, 2015in 2015 Elections, Interview, Lead Story, News, Politics319by NANG MYA NADI / DVB
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    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.

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