Relief Estimates for Cyclone Hit Livestock
MYANMAR - In parallel to ongoing priority humanitarian aid assistance, Relief Web says that we need to start looking at the longer term, in particular as time is running out to secure planting in June of rice seeds for the main 2008 rice harvest.

Myanmar’s Food Bowl Devastated
MYANMAR - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today called for US$10 million to assist poor farming and fishing communities in Myanmar devastated by cyclone Nargis.

Help Needed for Surviving Livestock of Cyclone
MYANMAR - An emergency veterinary team from the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) is on stand-by in Thailand awaiting authority to enter cyclone struck Myanmar to assess and then relieve the suffering of thousands of animals that human...

Myanmar Relinquishes Bird Flu Shackles
MYANMAR - Myanmar was declared a bird-flu-free country by the World Animal Health Organization (OIE) on Sunday.

Long Term Bird Flu Project in Myanmar
MYANMAR - The Myanmar livestock authorities Monday called on the country's people to exercise a long-term precaution against the recurrence of deadly H5N1 bird flu.