Innovation is unlocking the forests’ long-kept secrets and allowing us to use trees in ways...
The COVID-19 pandemic is a human health crisis and a continuing threat to the livelihood of Myanmar’s small scale fishing and aquaculture communities. The FAO/GEF Project on Strengthening the Adaptive Capacity and Resilience of Fisheries and Aquaculture-dependent Livelihoods in Myanmar (FishAdapt) conducted an assessment in its targeted townships in Yangon South and...
Myanmar participates in regional conference to plan responses and recovery work on twin pandemics of COVID-19 and hunger
04 September 2020
04 September 2020
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...
FAO supports Myanmar veterinary services with virtual capacity building for a lumpy skin disease risk assessment
24 August 2020
24 August 2020
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...