Naypyidaw negotiating rice export deal with Yunnan
Burma is negotiating a rice export deal with the Yunnan provincial government.
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Carbon prices too low to protect Southeast Asian forests from rubber expansion
The price of carbon credits must rise drastically if they are to help protect Southeast Asia’s tropical forests against rubber plantation expansion, according to researchers.
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Rohingya refugees test Bangladeshi welcome as prices rise and repatriation stalls
Officials and aid workers fear that the welcome is wearing thin for Rohingya who have fled to Bangladesh since August, due to the unprecedented number of refugees and growing doubts over whether Burma will ever take them back.
88 Generation barred from delivering rice to IDPs
According to activist Nilar Thein, a truck carrying 100 sacks of rice was prevented from entering a camp in Sadone Township, Kachin State.
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In Arakan State, ruined embankments prevent rice production
The residents of flood-prone Kyaukphyu Township in southwestern Arakan State are still struggling to resume agricultural production seven years after their lands were devastated by Cyclone Giri in 2010.
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In Burma, garment industry booms — and labour unions pay the price
Discrimination against workers standing up for their rights in Burma’s garment industry was highlighted this month after a union leader was fired at a factory supplying fashion brand H&M.
Dry Zone farmers struggle to switch to new rice varieties
The introduction of more productive crops is a key strategy for helping vulnerable communities in the Dry Zone.
‘Free’ speech still comes at a price in Burma: HRW
Human Rights Watch on Tuesday called on Burma’s Parliament to amend or repeal laws that continue to be used to jail activists and average citizens for peacefully exercising their right to free speech.
Thrice denied, Eleven Media defendants granted bail
A judge granted the Eleven Media CEO and editor-in-chief bail on Friday. They are standing trial on charges of defamation brought by the Rangoon government.
Thai junta offers farmers $514 million in rice loans
The move to help rice growers struggling with falling prices comes as farmers become the new battleground between the junta and the opposition.
Formalin found in rice noodles and tofu
Samples of tofu and rice noodles taken from three markets in Rangoon were found to contain formalin, a carcinogenic chemical sometimes illegally used to preserve food.
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The price of a night out: five years of slavery at sea
For one Burmese man, a few beers with a friend turned into a five-year ordeal on a Thai fishing boat.
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Burmese govt, agencies protest Malaysian visa price hike
Burmese overseas employment agencies have voiced complaint against Malaysia’s One Stop Service Centre (OSC) which increased migrant visa fees eightfold.
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Burma boosted by rice reserves news
Despite the slowdown in production due to the recent floods, more than 500,000 tonnes of rice remain.
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Burmese rice exports to resume
The temporary ban on Burma’s rice exports, which was imposed due to shortages and inflation during last month’s flood disaster, may soon be lifted.
Rice exports could be banned till November
Burma, which has imposed a temporary ban on rice exports after heavy rains and floods hit the northern and western regions of the country, may not resume rice exports until November, local sources said, quoting an announcement by the Ministry of Commerce.
Central Bank moves to prevent commodity price hike
State-owned Central Bank of Myanmar on 17 June announced that it will begin the unrestricted sale of foreign currencies to fuel and edible oil importers.
Rangoon gets new UK visa option – at a price
Rangooners wanting to visit the UK will be able to use a new visa office in central Dagon Township as of 15 June, operated by VFS Global, although some applicants are[…]
Burma’s land prices scare off Thai firm
Saha Group, Thailand’s leading consumer product conglomerate, has scrapped plans to set up an industrial estate in Burma, citing high land prices.
BUSINESS – Burma as 21st century rice bowl
Burma’s rice exports last year leapt 50 percent on the previous year, reaching their highest level for over 50 years, according to commerce officials. Once known as ‘the rice bowl[…]
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Selling rice to China
As a pilot programme to export rice to China nears, DVB’s Aye Nai speaks to Ye Min Aung, the Myanmar Rice Federation general secretary.
BUSINESS – Philippines seeks rice imports from Burma
The Philippines is hoping to import rice from Burma in an attempt to diversify its supply of the grain, according to a Reuters report, supplementing its new deals with Vietnam[…]
BUSINESS – Burma’s flooding of tin market leads to global price drop
Burma’s productivity in tin mining has contributed to a global drop in the price of the metal, reaching a five-and-a-half year low as it plummeted nine percent last week, according[…]
Burma-China seals rice export deal
Myanmar Rice Federation has signed a rice export agreement with China’s state-run agricultural COFCO, exporting 100,000 tonnes of rice via monthly shipments at a floating price. Burma exported 1.1 million[…]
Burma to dominate rice export industry
Burma’s Myanmar Rice Miller Co has entered into an agreement with China CAMC Engineering to construct two 200-tonne modern rice mills in Burma by 2017, a move aimed at heading[…]
S Korea assists in Burma’s rice export goals
South Korean financial group Shinhan Bank and Burma’s Ministry of Cooperatives agreed a commercial loan of US$85 million on 21 January to develop Burma’s agricultural industry. The loan is for[…]
Surging bean prices
The price of beans has increased since the start of the harvest with the bean market opening at 750,000 kyat (US$750) per ton in December 2014, a spike from 500,000-600,000[…]
Gas prices threatened by drop in oil value
The Deputy Energy Minister Aung Htoo said on Thursday that the global fall in oil prices might affect the Burmese gas sector. Speaking in parliament, the minister said that as[…]
India imports 5,000 tonnes of Burmese rice
Five thousand tonnes of rice will be exported from Burma to the state of Manipur, India, next month, chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh has been quoted in Indian state media[…]
Price of beans and pulses set to rise
Official sources have said that an increase in the price of Burmese beans and pulses is likely, attributing the rise to the ascending value of the US dollar. Citing the[…]
