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Six months after floods destroyed planted rice paddy, villagers from  Shwe Hlay are now able to harvest winter crops thanks to the emergency quality seeds distribution that took place in November 2016. The Magway Region in Myanmar’s Dry Zone, where the village is located, was among hardest hit areas in July-August...

The signing ceremony of GEF-FishAdapt project on “Strengthening the adaptive capacity and resilience of fisheries and aquaculture-dependent livelihoods in Myanmar” was held on 1st March 2017 in Nay Pyi Taw. His Excellency Dr. Aung Thu, Union Minister of Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation opened the Signing Ceremony with Ms....

Relative to the rest of Myanmar, Rakhine State not only has the highest level of poverty in the country but also suffers from excessive rates of malnutrition. Almost 50 percent of the children in Rakhine State are stunted because of insufficient nutrition. Poverty is the underlying cause, but malnutrition in the region is further...

Yangon, Myanmar – The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today announced that it has successfully delivered emergency assistance to more than six thousand rural households across Rakhine State, a region of Myanmar where nearly half the population is engaged in the agriculture sector. In order to avoid food insecurity and...

FAO’s Thirtyninth Conference (in June, 2015) adopted Resolution 4/2015 on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) which recognized that it poses an increasingly serious threat to public health and sustainable food production, and that an effective response should involve all sectors of government and society. To support the implementation of Resolution 4/2015, the FAO...