As in South Korea in April 2020, Myanmar will hold its election under conditions caused by the pandemic. Meaning also, that foreigners only have a very restricted right of entry into Myanmar. Currently, the country struggles even more than its neighbours in the ASEAN-region. The European Union has almost totally stopped its monitoring plan to […]
Read more...In 2016, Myanmar ranked place 143 on the Reporters Without Borders’ (RSB) barometer of Freedom of the Press. In 2020, it changed to the 139th. Reasons for the only slight improvement, over a span of four years, are especially related to the handling of news covering the pandemic. Main reasons mentioned are „the blocking of […]
Read more...In Myanmar, organic farming is gaining ground. While most farmers are still used to working with pesticides, thousands have already changed their methods. This happened for different reasons. For example, in 2015/16, 1300 farmers including 440 women had been involved in a training program in Pyn Oo Lwin (Mandalay Division). International donors like the Nordic […]
Read more...As announced in December 2018 by Israeli Ambassador Ronen Gilor, the Middle-East country engages with Myanmar in selected sectors of the economy. Currently, there is a cooperation in the fields of agrar-technology like drip irrigation, greenhousing and water management in general, as reports say. Here, Mandalay and Taunggyi in Southern Shan state are the main […]
Read more...Sometimes, Myanmar is kind of bizarre. In this sense, taming wildlife trading can result in surprising effects. In January, a rat infestation took place around Pekon township, situated at the Southern tip of Inle Lake, overlapping Kayan territory. As a consequence, paddy „and other cerial crops“ were devastated. The rodents‘ invasion could not be brought […]
Read more...China is going forward in curbing wildlife breeding. According to the Bangkok Post, farmers of the provinces of Hunan and Jiangxi will be bought out, if they give up animal breeding. This sort of generating income has come under scrutinity in the context of Covid-19. Both of the provinces are bordering Hubei with Wuhan as […]
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