Myanmar’s farms are well diversified, with most farms producing rice paddy during the monsoon season and other crops such as beans, pulses, oilseeds and maize, during the cool and dry seasons. The ...

Last week’s Mandalay consulate attack was not the first time Beijing’s diplomatic missions have become focal points for ...

With 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over 130 locations, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: five institutions working for sustainable ...

YANGON: (Bernama) Myanmar’s rice exports will not be affected this year, despite the lashing of Typhoon Yagi that destroyed 5,000 acres of rice planting areas in the country - a key rice ...

Develop and spread high performance rice plant adaptable for rice farming in non-irrigated area Various styles of rice farming are operated in Myanmar, with non-irrigated rice farming depending on ...

YANGON, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- A total of 1,002.71 tons of reserved rice was being distributed through the ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve program to flood-affected areas in Myanmar ...

Last year, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice condemned Myanmar as one of the world's ... a transvestite wearing bright red lipstick, expertly applied black eyeliner, and delicate puffs ...

More than 150,000 homes have been flooded and nearly 260,000 hectares (640,000 acres) of rice paddies and other crops ...

The head of the International Red Cross has pressed Myanmar's junta chief for greater humanitarian access to conflict-hit areas of the country during a rare face-to-face meeting, the organisation ...

Red yeast rice, a popular dietary supplement, has held a significant place in traditional Chinese medicine for hundreds of years. This rice is fermented with a unique strain of yeast, resulting in ...

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese business executive has returned home from Myanmar following his release from more than a month of detention after being convicted of violating rice pricing rules ...

Despite being the world’s biggest rice importer, with at least 3.29 million metric tons imported, retail prices of the staple ...