28 JUN 2020 - Source: Mizzima - The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors have approved a $200 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA) to increase agricultural productivity and diversification and enhance market access for Myanmar farmers, with a strong focus on ...
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Water distribution becomes more effective and equal in central dry zone to farmers' fields in a result of Pyawt Ywar Pump Irrigation Project. Pyawt Ywar is situated 70 kilometers west of Mandalay in Myinmu Township where Mu River pour into Ayeyarwaddy River. Farmer empowerment and greater involvemen...
Increase resilience of farmers, change crop patterns to adapt to climate change
23 JUN 2020 - Source: Global New Light of Myanmar - Today, the threats and challenges of the environment operating on food production are not limited to each country or each region.An ADB report in 2019 stated that "climate change is likely to be one of the most significant development challeng...
မိုးရွာသွန်းမှုလျော့နည်းနိုင်သည့် ခန့်မှန်းချက်များနှင့် ရွေးချယ်ရတော့မည့် စိုက်ပျိုးရေးသီးနှံများ
14 June 2020 - Source: Eleven Media Group Co.,Ltd. (၁) ယခုနှစ်တွင် မိုးရွာသွန်းမှု လျော့နည်းနိုင်သည့်အတွက် တောင်သူများအနေဖြင့် ဒေသအလိုက်စျေးကွက်ဝင် သက်တမ်းတိုစပါးမျိုးနှင့် ရေငတ်ဒဏ်ခံစပါးမျိုးများ ပြောင်းလဲစိုက်ပျိုးကြရန် စိုက်ပျိုးရေး၊ မွေးမြူရေးနှင့် ဆည်မြောင်းဝန်ကြီးဌာနက ထုတ်ပြန်ထားသည်။ မိုးလေဝသန...
MoALI discusses participatory irrigation management system
21 MAY 2020 - Source: The Global New Light of Myanmar A conference on promoting Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM) was held at the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation yesterday. Union Minister Dr Aung Thu, Deputy Minister U Hla Kyaw, Permanent Secretary U Kyaw Min Oo, director-g...
Ayeyarwady island eyed as Ramsar Site
16 March 2020 - Source: Myanmar Times - The Forest Department wants to upgrade an island in Ayeyarwady Region that is a nesting site for sea turtles from its current status as a protected area to a Ramsar Site. A Ramsar Site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance under the R...
Research needed to manage summer water shortage in rural areas
29 Feb 20 - Source: Global New Light Of Myanmar - Due to warmer temperatures in the summer, droughts and depleting water supply will likely become more common in Myanmar. The water crisis in rural areas every summer highlights the need for better urban planning and management. Last year, the number ...
Upgrading Myanmar's aging irrigation system will be a win for farmers and govt
06 Feb 20 - Source: CIGAR | WLE - Myanmar's food future hinges on ensuring access to water, especially in times of worsening drought. This is especially true in the Central Dry Zone – the country's most water-stressed region. Rainfall is often highly erratic, and many areas have been seeing less and...
Gulf of Mottama Wetland more than triples in size as newest Ramsar site
03 Feb 20 - Source: Myanmar Times - The Gulf of Mottama Wetland conservation area has been expanded from 42,500 hectares to 161,030 hectares after its adjacent area was declared the sixth Ramsar Site in Myanmar on Sunday. A Ramsar site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance u...
Water a worry for Myanmar’s farmers
13 Jan 20 - Source: Myanmar Times - Myanmar's rice growers are increasingly concerned about the amount of water in the country available for the irrigation of their crops, industry insiders say. And their worries are not exactly without foundation. U Myo Tint Tun, assistant secretary at the Ministry...
Focus on drought mitigation before relief
7 Jan 20 - Source: Global New Light Of Myanmar By Maung Lu Aye Myanmar had abundant water resources, holding 16 per cent of water resources among the ten ASEAN countries and 12 per cent of all Asia. However, with diversity in rainfall, increase in population and population density, the rise of indus...
Conservationists to conduct census of migratory birds in Myanmar wetlands
06 Jan 20 - Source: Myanmar Times - Conservationists are set to conduct next week a census of migratory birds taking refuge in the country's wetlands to escape the biting winter in their natural habitats. Daw Thiri Dawei Aung, Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association's (BANCA) managing direc...
Sagaing works to conserve Tha Phan Seik Dam water
02 Dec 19 - Source: Myanmar Times - The Sagaing Regional government has set up conservation measures due to the low water level in Tha Phan Seik Dam, the biggest in Southeast Asia, to irrigate farms during the dry season, a senior regional agricultural official said Sunday. U Win Hlaing Oo, head of ...
Less flood damage to local paddy fields this year: MOALI
09 Oct 19 - Source: Myanmar Times - Over 600,000 acres of paddy fields were flooded during the monsoon season this year, out of which 130,000 acres, or just 21 percent, were damaged, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation (MOALI). Of the damaged fields this year, just ove...
Fish, prawns from Kyaukpyu being sent to Yangon alone: depots
07 Oct 19 - Source: Global New Light Of Myanmar - Fish and prawns from Kyaukphyu, which have registered a low demand in Bangladesh, are being sent only to the Yangon market, according to Kyaukpyu fish and prawn commodity depots. In 2017, most of the fish, prawns, and crabs produced in Kyaukpyu were ...