The price of rice has fallen dramatically over recent weeks leading farmers to call for an urgent intervention by authorities. Farmers are struggling, U Thein Aung, chair of the Free Farmers Association, told The Myanmar Times. Prices began to fall when Indonesian buyers discovered pests in a shipment of rice from Myanmar, and refused to pay […]
Farmers call for urgent intervention as rice price plummets
April 18, 2016 by thiha
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Aquaculture in Transition in Myanmar
December 15, 2015 by thiha
Introduction Fish farming (aquaculture) is important to Myanmar’s food security and is developing and transforming quickly. This study presents findings from a new field survey of the farmed fish value chain that is more detailed and broader than any previous study conducted in Myanmar. Many of our findings are at odds with what we perceive […]
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