Farmers wait for help to start replanting after floods
Pwinbyu farmers say they are still waiting for the government’s pledged assistance to resuscitate fields that were decimated by floods in July and August.
About 35 percent of the fields have been damaged and will not be able to be replanted for some time, said U Nyunt Win, counselor of the Magwe Region Farmers’ Federation Association.
It may be possible to re-cultivate some of the fields within a year, but the farmers will need financial and technical assistance from the government, U Nyunt Win said.
