The reality is different. Farmers’ activists say that on the ground, fighting and instability in various areas following the military coup have prevented farmers from working properly.
A farmer activist stated, “No one can cultivate their own land as well as before in the rural areas.” Armed terrorists entered the villages at any time, unexpectedly arrested and tortured the residents.
Worst of all, it causes crop fires. Therefore, the only way farmers will be able to work effectively and calmly is if these fascists fall quickly.
Particularly in the Sagaing Division, which is the scene of the fighting. Villages were destroyed by military council troops in Magway Division. The arrests and murders of villagers have forced farmers to flee their homes.
Local farmers in Thandaung Township, Karen State, claim that there is no market for agricultural products and that farmers are unable to employ workers, rendering the grassroots workers unemployed.
Instability in politics; Farmers are struggling to make ends meet, and the poor are struggling to make ends meet because of unemployment because there is no market for agricultural products.
According to the leader of the coup, the Kovis 19 pandemic had affected production, but food and fisheries continued to grow at a steady 1% rate while food production remained constant.
The military leader announced in a message for Farmers’ Day on March 2 that 15.01 million acres of monsoon paddy had been planted, resulting in 1053.73 million baskets—81,343 more acres than during the same time last year and 2.68 million more baskets.
On 9.63 million acres, other crops like pulses were planted and produced 24.16 million baskets; 7.37 million oilseed acres and 96.22 million yield baskets; 79.65 million baskets of maize were produced from 1.49 million acres.
Despite the restrictions imposed by the Kovis-19 pandemic, agricultural product exports were restricted to $3,650,28 million US dollars. 5.51 million US dollars from animal products; The military leader stated that fishery products brought in a total of US$4,361.42 million, or US$705.63 million.
Consequently, the export sector accounted for 35.1 percent of GDP and the value of services, while the agriculture and fisheries sector contributed 22.7 percent.
Under the Water Protection and Benefit Promotion Law for Farmers’ Rights, the military council has set the basic reference price for paddy each year since 2019. Loans for crop production and affordable agricultural equipment are being offered to farmers.
There were also 1926.61 billion kyats in agricultural loans made to farmers, 182.19 billion kyats in two-stage loans made by JICA and the Myanmar Economic Bank, and 421.29 billion kyats in special loans made by Kovis-19, for a total of 2,530.09 billion kyats.
Denmark has given the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 25 million Danish kronor, or $3.8 million, to help reduce the risk of food insecurity in Myanmar and increase farmer yields.
