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

October 4, 2016

You started Myanma Awba two decades ago, aged just 22, but you didn’t come from an agriculture background. Where did the inspiration come from?

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Too poor to grow better rice: The debt trap facing Myanmar’s farmers

Rising fuel, fertiliser and food costs are pushing indebted farmers in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Delta deeper into poverty, forcing them to grow low-grade rice as they struggle to feed their families.

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