Sugar production in Myanmar will begin a full month later than usual due to unfavorable weather and falling prices. An unnamed sugar cane trader told the Myanmar Times that the “unusual weather” has pushed the sugar production season into
The price of watermelons, a main agricultural export, has dropped due to low demand from China. It is not the first agricultural export to suffer due to the fickle Chinese market, and may encourage farmers to improve growing standards to access buyer
Myanmar’s inflation levels reached 8.53 percent in August, up from 6.94 percent at the beginning of the year, according to Myanmar’s Central Statistical Organisation. According to official figures, the average inflation rate for the previ