Famine threat looms in Chin state
Bad harvest triggers renewed food shortages in impoverished northwestern state as World Food Programme project comes under fire Burmese remember 1967 ‘rice massacre’
Ceremonies in Rangoon and western Burma held to mark deaths of more than 200 hundred who rioted after rice stocks emptied Rice exports halted over Mideast fears
Burma looking to stockpile the staple as rising global oil prices threaten a knock-on effect on transportation costs Global crises spark inflation hike
Political unrest in Middle Eastern oil-producing nations has increased the price of fuel and other key commodities in Burma Food related unrest to hit the table?
Will a changing climate and poor management lead to severe food insecurity and social unrest? Than Shwe’s warning to farmers
Burma junta chief marks Peasant's Day with claims that the country is producing surplus rice, whilst warning farmers to the make the right choice at this year's elections Global warming causing low rice yields
Dec 18, 2009 (DVB), Rice production in Burma, once coined the 'rice bowl of Asia', is Burma aims to match Vietnam rice output
Nov 25, 2009 (DVB), Burma's rice production, once the most prodigious in the world, is making Food tax levied on struggling Burmese
Sept 7, 2009 (DVB), A tax on food has been introduced in central Burma, increasing food Thousands cross into Thailand for free food
Sept 3, 2009 (DVB), Around 4000 Burmese crossed into Thailand yesterday to attend an annual food

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