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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

TOKYO/YANGON (Reuters): A Myanmar court on Monday sentenced a Japanese executive from the local unit of supermarket chain operator Aeon Co to one year in prison for violating rice price controls ...

DHAKA, Jan 24 (Reuters): Bangladesh will buy 100,000 tonnes of rice from Myanmar, putting aside a rift over the Rohingya refugee crisis as the government races to overcome a shortage of the staple ...