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United Nations UN humanitarian chief to arrive in Myanmar on Sunday 16 May 2008 - The top United Nations relief official plans to talk directly with the authorities in Myanmar in an effort to accelerate the relief effort for victims of Cyclone Nargis which may have left more than 100,000 people...
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Reconstruction work proceeds in Myanmar's cyclone-hit region
YANGON, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Farmers in Bogalay, one of the hardest-hit townships in Myanmar's southwestern Ayeyawaddy delta region, were putting the already harvested paddy along the roadside and exposing them under the sun, in an effort to prevent them from being spoiled, the 7 Days news journal...
UN humanitarian chief to arrive in Myanmar on Sunday
The top United Nations relief official plans to talk directly with the authorities in Myanmar in an effort to accelerate the relief effort for victims of Cyclone Nargis which may have left more than 100,000 people dead and severely affected up to 2.5 million others. Under-Secretary-General for...
Myanmar: UN humanitarian chief to arrive on Sunday
The top United Nations relief official plans to talk directly with the authorities in Myanmar in an effort to accelerate the relief effort for victims of Cyclone Nargis which may have left more than 100,000 people dead and severely affected up to 2.5 million others. Under-Secretary-General for...
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"Normally, at this time of year, Burmese farmers in the southern delta of Myanmar would be draining their rice paddies, plowing their fields with their water buffaloes and preparing to plant new seeds for an autumn harvest.But two weeks ago, Cyclone Nargis did away with all that. The storm's...
Cyclone's timing couldn't have been worse for Myanmar harvest
YANGON, Myanmar – Normally, at this time of year, farmers in the southern delta of Myanmar would be draining their rice paddies, plowing their fields with their water buffaloes and preparing to plant new seeds for an autumn harvest. But two weeks ago, Cyclone Nargis did away with all that. The...
FAO: Myanmar delta needs to plant rice crop by end of June
Bangkok - Myanmar needs to plant its wet season rice crop in the cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy Delta by the end of June or will face severe rice shortages late this year, a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) official warned Friday. Time is runni...
New York Times: Myanmar farmers may miss harvest
Normally, at this time of year, Burmese farmers in the southern delta of Myanmar would be draining their rice paddies, plowing their fields with their water buffaloes and preparing to plant new seeds for an autumn harvest. But two weeks ago, Cyclone Nargis did away with all that. The storm’s...
Relief Estimates for Cyclone Hit Livestock
MYANMAR - In parallel to ongoing priority humanitarian aid assistance, Relief Web says that we need to start looking at the longer term, in particular as time is running out to secure planting in June of rice seeds for the main 2008 rice harvest. If were are not able to do that in a timely...
Cyclone hits 20 pct of Myanmar rice fields - FAO
By Darren Schuettler BANGKOK, May 15 (Reuters) - Cyclone-hit Myanmar faces food shortages and may need to import rice if farmers in devastated areas do not get immediate help to plant a new crop, the U.N. food agency said on Thursday. Some 20 percent of rice fields in five declared disaster...
MYANMAR: Cyclone devastates rice market
BANGKOK, 15 May 2008 (IRIN) - In the late 1930s, Myanmar was the world's largest rice exporter, sending 3.3 million metric tonnes (MT) a year from the fertile Irrawaddy delta to foreign markets, mainly neighbouring India. In recent decades, however, despite vast tracts of land and abundant water,...
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