Can Chin State’s farmers move away from shifting cultivation and embrace sedentary agriculture in time to save the western region’s forests?
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Doh Pyay Doh Myay: ‘Like a gull searching for food in the sea’
Join the “roadies” of DVB’s Doh Pyay Doh Myay (Our Land, Our Region) in Hainggyi Kyun, a coastal settlement in the Irrawaddy Delta located about 220 kilometres southwest of Rangoon.…
Dry Zone farmers struggle to switch to new rice varieties
The introduction of more productive crops is a key strategy for helping vulnerable communities in the Dry Zone.
India turns to Burma, Africa for pulse imports
India is looking to import pulses from Burma and African nations to counter a domestic shortfall of 7.6 million tonnes.
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.
Burma left to count cost of flood disaster
Damage to livestock and farming infrastructure has compounded the strain on some 1.6 million people affected by recent monsoonal flooding and landslides.