Publication Date
May 8, 2009
Author
R Stone
Countries :
Disaster Management Theme
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Disaster Type
Tropical Cyclone
Document Type
Research Paper
Languange
English
Abstact :
A year after one of the deadliest cyclones in modern history, Myanmar's food security teeters on a knife's edge. Emergency food relief averted starvation among the 2.4 million survivors in the Ayeyarwady delta, and rice production countrywide has largely rebounded thanks to favorable weather and the use of high-yield varieties. But Nargis paved the way for another crisis—the global financial meltdown—to push Myanmar to the brink of catastrophe. Credit has evaporated, paddy farmers are going broke, and household rice stores are dwindling.
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