For many small farmers in southern Shan State, where roughly one-quarter of all of Burma’s soybean is grown, harvests have declined in quality and volume, putting pressure on livelihoods.
Tag: smallholder agriculture
Struggling Arakan farmers want more government support
Many farmers in Arakan State suffer from the lack of labour, low mechanisation and poor market access for farm produce.
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.
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.
NGOs say ethnic areas have no 'virgin lands'
A coalition of ethnic NGOs says the draft National Land Use Policy is flawed because it overlooks traditional shifting agricultural practices in Burma.