Cyclone hits 20 pct of Myanmar rice fields - FAO
                   
alertnet.org     May 15, 2008            

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... [read full story]                    


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people.com.cn     21 hrs ago   1 related          

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