Tag: farmers
Unidentified Perpetrators Destroy Farmers’ Corn in Hsihseng Township
Unidentified perpetrators destroyed corn farms in Hsihseng Township—in the Pa-O Self-Administered Region of southern Shan State—for two consecutive nights, farmers said. According to the farmers,...
Army Prosecutes 47 Farmers In Kholam
The Burma Army prosecuted 47 farmers in southern Shan State after farmers would not agree to sign a document stating that the Tatmadaw owns...
Pa-O Farmers Face Trial After Military Refuses to Drop Charges Against...
Farmers in southern Shan State’s Hsihseng Township are expected to go to trial since the military has not opted to withdraw trespassing charges against...
Farmers Protest Land Grabs In Southern Shan State
Pa-O farmers from southern Shan State gathered in protest Tuesday after their farms were seized by the Tatmadaw. Burma Army LIB-423 and LIB-424 confiscated 900...
Shan Farmers Struggling Amid Lockdown
With the price of tomatoes dropping during COVID-19 lockdowns, farmers on the north end of Inle Lake are finding the sales from their...
Namkham Farmers Throw Corn In River
Farmers in Namkham township that couldn’t export their corn to China after the border closed were forced to throw their spoiled corn into the...
Shan State Farmers ‘On Their Own’ As Crops Rot Amid COVID-19...
Hundreds of vehicles exporting produce from Burma to China are now stuck at the Shan State-China border in Muse and Namkham townships, as Chinese...
