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“In previous years farmers would generally
use OP [open pollination] seeds. But in the past three years,
farmers have become more aware of the benefits of the F1 seeds
and sales have increased about 30pc throughout the country,”
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main reason for this project is to build a central-ised network
for the commod-ity exchange centres scatter-ed across the
country. The project was delayed because of Cyclone Nargis
but we have now recommenced work,” |
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SAUDI Arabia has made an enquiry through the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs about buying Myanmar poulty, according
to an official from the Myanmar Livestock Federation. |
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depend mostly on the area and I can’t sell my pancakes
at a fixed price everywhere because in some areas people have
money to spend, while elsewhere they don’t,” |
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decrease further in coming weeks as more
produce from China enters the local market,
fruiterers at Thiri Mingalar Grocery Wholesale
Market in Yangon said last week. |
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suitable apartment can now be rented
for about US$300 a month, compared to
$200-plus before the cyclone, and the
rent for a detached house has risen
from $600 to up to $700 a month, depending
on size, location and other factors,
in those townships.
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thirty duplexes [dual-floor houses]
in early October along Kyan Sitt Thar
road in Haing Tharyar township. Each
will have a floor space of 800 square
feet and be on a 2400-square-foot compound.
The estimated selling price for each
is K15 million, which includes water
and electricity connections,”
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Construction plans to begin construction
on three new condos in the city’s
downtown area by the end of the year,
according to managing director U Lazarus.
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three bedroom residence, on a quarter-acre
block, is situated beside a small laneway,
which ensures peacefulness despite the
hectic Kabar Aye Pagoda Road being barely
a two-minute walk away.
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usually stockpile construction materials, which
helps us to avoid sudden cost increases but we’re
not immune: Steel rods have jumped from K100,000
last year to K300,000 now,” |
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buffaloes and cattle, in the most affected 11
townships of Yangon and Ayeyarwady divisions,
about 66,000 pigs, over one million chickens,
and around 500,000 ducks, were killed in the cyclone,
the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation
(FAO) reported. |
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were by far the greatest providers of medical
assistance to its population after Cyclone Nargis
despite the widespread international criticism
of a poor response, according to an analysis released
on September 3. |
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Tin Win said Redclaw – whose scientific
name is Cherax quadricarinatus – is native
to Queensland and the Northern Territory, Australia,
while a number of countries in the Middle East
and Asia, especially Indonesia, have successfully
established Redclaw aquaculture. |
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a direct result of the program I was chosen to
attend the Youth Camp for Asia’s Future,
which was held from July 29 to August 18 this
year in South Korea,” |
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festival on Inle lake in February 2009, to be
called Inle Orchid Images, will display many types
of orchid and is aimed at tourists. It will also
feature the booths of Inle, Kalaw, Taunggyi and
Pindaya selling traditional foods around a floating
market. The festival will last for three days. |
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in Myanmar last week began observing Ramadan,
the ninth and holiest month of the Islamic lunar
calendar, during which food, drinks and all other
kinds of worldly pleasures are prohibited from
dawn to dusk. |
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learned a lot about their tastes in food and so
forth. I love them. And you can’t compare
the simplicity of their way of life with anything
else. I immersed myself in their nature, spirits
and rituals for three years. But at that time,
the only thing I could give them back was music,”
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| Actor Kyaw Hein declared in
July his intention to end his successful film
career, which has spanned 40 years, to become
a monk with the aim of helping people who have
psychological problems. |
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