Recent Floods Deal Devastating Blow to Agricultural Livelihoods and Food Security in Myanmar

UN News Center (October 21, 2015) A new joint United Nations agency-Myanmar Government report paints a grim picture of the destruction caused by flooding in the country, where more than half a million hectares of rice paddy were affected and almost a quarter of a million livestock were killed, including poultry, cattle, pigs and goats, when Cyclone Komen struck in late July and early August this year.