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    Climate change-affected soybean farmers get new seeds, technology
    January 30, 2017in Farmers, Features, Lead Story, News134by PHYO THIHA CHO / MYANMAR NOW
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    Climate change-affected soybean farmers get new seeds, technology

    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.

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    Struggling Arakan farmers want more government support
    January 23, 2017in Arakan, Lead Story, News281by EI CHERRY AUNG / MYANMAR NOW
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    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.

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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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    Farmers begin getting bigger loans, but for some, it's a little too late
    May 13, 2016in Farmers, Lead Story, News85by DVB
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    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.

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    NGOs say ethnic areas have no 'virgin lands'
    November 6, 2014in Development, Land, Lead Story, News2by JACOB ROBINSON
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    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.

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