Myanmar: Recent Floods Deal Devastating Blow to Agricultural Livelihoods and Food Security in Myanmar – UN

Oct 20, 2015 | United Nations
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A new joint United Nations agency-Myanmar Government report paints a grim picture of the destruction caused by flooding in the country, where more than half a million hectares of rice paddy were affected and almost a quarter of a million livestock were killed, including poultry, cattle, pigs and goats, when Cyclone Komen struck in late July and early August this year. A press release on the findings, compiled by the Government alongside the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP), reveals rice to have been the most-affected crop, with an expected slash in production of up to 89 per cent in damaged paddy fields, compared to the same time last year.