Myanmar Beans

Dal cooks up a storm in India, Myanmar

September 4, 2017 by Thiha

YANGON, SEPTEMBER 1: The humble ‘dal’ has sent pulses racing in Myanmar and India.Trouble started two weeks ago when India imposed import restrictions on tur (pigeon pea), urad (black bean) and moong (green gram) to avert a price crash. Pulses acreage rises Thanks to last year’s high prices, farmers turned to pulses and India’s acreage […]

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Rakhine commerce minister sees bright future for black bean exports

January 9, 2017 by thiha

The Rakhine State commerce minister is hoping around 10,000 tonnes of black gram beans will be exported to India from Sittwe this year, pending completion of the Kaladan Multi-Model Transit Transport Project. The Kaladan project will connect Mizoram in India to Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State, via the Kaladan River. The project was […]

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Myanmar’s Work Hopes Still Up in the Air

November 26, 2013 by thiha

PANTANAW/YANGON — U Than Zaw shook his head as he stared across the waterlogged fields. “Over there, that’s where my land is,” he said, swinging a tattooed arm out through the bamboo frame of a waterside hut. We were standing just off the road linking Yangon, Myanmar’s heaving commercial capital, with Pantanaw, a flood-prone farming […]