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The Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries is participating in the 35th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific. Like most of the region's countries, Myanmar is experiencing disruptions to its food systems and agriculture sector.   "We actively engaged with partners in Myanmar as well as  with...

Under COVID-19 restrictions, FAO’s Emergency Management Centre for Animal Health provided virtual support to Myanmar to develop its LSD preparedness   In December 2019, after monitoring the development of a lumpy skin disease (LSD) event in South Asia, FAO’s Emergency Management Centre for Animal Health (EMC-AH) activated a specific Incident Coordination...

Approximately three-quarters of Myanmar’s population dwells in rural area and relies on forest resources for daily socio-economic subsistence. Rural communities in the Ayeyarwady Delta region on Myanmar’s southwestern coast are no exception. The Ayeyarwady Delta region has a high concentration of mangrove trees and shrubs growing at the intersection of land...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) assessments of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the agriculture, aquaculture, and fishing sectors show that measures to control the spread of COVID-19 have affected people’s way of life in Mandalay, Ayeyarwady, the Yangon Regions, and Chin and Rakhine States. The assessments...

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations provided teaching aids and hardware support to the Forest Department at the Forest Department headquarters in Nay Pyi Taw. “To make agriculture and forestry more productive and sustainable, a holistic approach with actions to conserve, protect, and enhance natural resources is...