Myanmar: Efforts to Change Chin Farming Habits Seek to Slow Harmful Deforestation

Apr 25, 2017 | Phyo Thiha Cho, Myanmar Now
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Chin is Burma’s poorest state and its communities suffer from isolation, a lack of arable land and the effects of climate change. A 2013 World Food Programme assessment said harvests from shifting cultivation were falling and food insecurity is “a cyclical and chronic problem, which affects all townships of the state.” Chin is also prone to landslides, which caused massive destruction to villages, farms and roads in 2015. The disaster displaced tens of thousands of people, some of whom have had to permanently move to safer areas.