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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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Rakhine Farmers Caught Between Falling Prices and Rising Labour Costs

December 19, 2016 by thiha

Farmers associations in Rakhine State – one of the biggest rice producing regions in Myanmar – are calling for government aid amid falling prices, closing markets and a shrinking labour pool. But the state government says it does not have the funds or the expertise to help solve what it says is a nationwide […]

Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Ayeyarwaddy, Bago, Farmers Associations in Rakhine State, Forestry and Mining, Kyauktaw Township Farmers Association Secretary U Maung Htwe, Livestock, The Ministry of Commerce, The Myanmar Times, The Rakhine State Minister of Agriculture, The Union Government, U Kyaw Lwin, U Shwe Thein, Yangon