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| Myanmar all set to adopt climate-smart strategies in agriculture |
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Myanmar is a Southeast Asian nation where 61% of its 53 million people depend on agriculture for their livelihood. This livelihood, however, is being constantly threatened as the region experiences prolonged droughts, frequent floods, sea-level rise, and other weather-related natural disasters. |
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Bernadette Joven IRRI Apr 1, 2016 http://ricetoday.irri.org/myanmar-ready-to-adopt-climate-smart-strategies-in-agriculture/
Myanmar is a Southeast Asian nation where 61% of its 53 million people depend on agriculture for their livelihood. This livelihood, however, is being constantly threatened as the region experiences prolonged droughts, frequent floods, sea-level rise, and other weather-related natural disasters.
Germanwatch’s Climate Risk Index for 1994-2013 ranked Myanmar as the second most vulnerable country in the world, after Honduras. In May 2008, the category-4 cyclone Nargis hit, which has been called the worst natural disaster in the country’s recorded history. According to a World Bank report, Nargis severely affected the country’s agriculture sector with losses equivalent to 80,000 tons of crops and damaging another 251,000 tons in storage, across 34,000 hectares of cropland.
Facing the unprecedented challenges caused by climate change seems daunting. However, Myanmar’s Climate-Smart Agriculture (MCSA) Strategy has paved the way towards guided planning for national climate change adaptation and mitigation.
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