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UNION OF MYANMAR

Improving the nutrition and resilience capacities
of vulnerable populations

AREA OF EXPERTISE

Sécurité alimentaire et moyens d'existence

Food security and livelihoods

FUNDING

MAE

BENEFICIARIES

10,026
people

FROM 03/01/2015 TO 03/31/2016

13
months

BUDGET

200,000
euros

The Matupi area is facing a chronic deficit in food production. The production of rice, the main crop cultivated and consumed in the area, is not sufficient to cover households’ total annual needs. In the township of Matupi, people mainly rely on farming for a living. It is difficult for farmers to have access to credit, acquire land and purchase agricultural inputs. A large number of households went into debt to meet their food needs.
Lately, invasions of rodents and heavy rain have caused extensive damage on cultivated land that had to be abandoned because farmers did not have the investment capacity necessary for the rehabilitation of infrastructure (irrigation canals and terracing).

Therefore, the priority identified by TGH teams is to increase rice production for vulnerable families in the state of Chin. The project will help improve populations’ food security and resilience capacities through 3 activities:

Improved irrigation infrastructure 

The increase in irrigated rice fields and in yield requires regular access to water. TGH will rehabilitate irrigation infrastructure to allow rice cultivation on abandoned land and increase farmers' production capacity.

Enhanced mechanization 

Just as access to water, the availability of agricultural equipment is a factor which severely limits farmers' production capacity. TGH will provide farmers with efficient mechanical equipment in order to improve rice yields in the area.

Protection of rice production means 

The rice fields targeted by the project are located near large areas of forests where wild animals live, and they often damage the plots. TGH will help the villagers in protecting crops against damage caused by animals (trampling, grazing, weakened dykes). Fencing around cultivated lands will help reduce the losses and will directly increase the available food production in targeted villages.