Myanmar is a low-income country with a high poverty rate (37%). Rice, its main farm income source, generates livelihoods for over 50% of the population. People spend more than 60% of their income on ...

Myanmar’s farms are well diversified, with most farms producing rice paddy during the monsoon season and other crops such as beans, pulses, oilseeds and maize, during the cool and dry seasons. The ...

Develop and spread high performance rice plant adaptable for rice farming in non-irrigated area Various styles of rice farming are operated in Myanmar, with non-irrigated rice farming depending on ...

Four executives from supermarket chains in Myanmar, including a Japanese joint venture official, were arrested for selling rice at inflated prices, state media said on Monday, as the war-torn ...

Jungle medics and ethnic medical groups have become a lifeline for displaced people in Myanmar as the country becomes the ...

Chittagong Port has received 22,000 tons of Atap rice from Myanmar, transported by the MV Golden Star vessel. The rice consignment, imported on a government-to-government (G2G) basis, marks the first ...

TOKYO--A Japanese business executive has returned home from Myanmar following his release from more than a month of detention after being convicted of violating rice pricing rules, his company ...

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese business executive has returned home from Myanmar following his release from more than a month of detention after being convicted of violating rice pricing rules ...

Two ships carrying a total of 37,000 tons of rice from India and Myanmar have arrived at Chittagong Port. Imdad Islam, senior information officer at the Public Relations Office of the Ministry of Food ...

New Delhi: In line with Act East policy, India on Saturday sent a consignment of 2200 metrci tonnes rice to Myanmar, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.

Rice-dependent nations from the Philippines to Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam have been suffering from the vagaries of extreme weather hazards that harm food production. The Bangkok-based APTERR’s ...