Myanmar’s farmers battle climate and health uncertainty

FAO/Soe Moe Naing For farmers in Myanmar, the COVID-19 pandemic is adding to growing unpredictability, in a sector already struggling to cope with the effects of climate change. The UN is working closely with the country’s government to help them to adapt and thrive. U Cho, a sixty-one-year-old farmer from [...]

2022-03-22T16:04:10+06:30By |Other, Stories|

Farmers willing to use climate-smart agriculture techniques including system of rice intensification in wider scale in Labutta

“I tried one acre of rice growing by using climate-smart agriculture (CSA) techniques including System of Rice Intensification (SRI) this year and am planning to expand in five acres in next year” said a village farmer Daw Yin Yin Htay from Loke Taung village in Labutta township. A Farmer Field [...]

Growing crops under agro-forestry system with Shaw-Phyu: a learning from Farmer Field School Demonstration Plot

Daw Htay Htay Naing, a farmer from Sin Tat Kyin village in Kyaukpadaung Township, who is not a Farmer Field School (FFS) participant but she is only a neighbor of some FFS participants expressed the following message: “The farmer field school participants from the training told me that t growing [...]

Understanding the benefits of soil mulching

“Previously I haven’t tried this soil covering by crop residue, mulching. After the farmer field school training, I would like to test.”  this technique said village farmer from Sin Tat Kyin village, U Ye Tin. The Farmer Field School training is provided in Sin Tat Kyin village by the project, [...]

2020-01-03T10:15:53+06:30By |Stories|
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