Malnutrition feared in Myanmar’s hard-hit flood zones

Widespread malnutrition and food shortages are feared in the aftermath of devastating monsoon floods that wiped out large tracts of the agriculture and livestock industries, according to a new survey report.

An assessment team from the United Nations, the World Food Programme and other international aid agencies found that floodwaters killed almost a quarter of a million livestock and destroyed nearly 30,000 hectares of fish and shrimp ponds.

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