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Myanma Awba CEO: ‘Crop prices are the major issue’

October 4, 2016

Frontier talks agriculture and business with U Thadoe Hein, the chief executive of Myanma Awba Group.

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Growing pains: Shan farmers seek alternatives to opium

Farmers in southern Shan State who once profited from opium cultivation are now facing falling prices, rising production costs and labour shortages, but switching to alternative crops poses major challenges.

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