Putao residents suffering from food shortages

21-Jul-12

Food prices are rising in Putao making life even more difficult 

for residents of the town in northern Kachin State.

Before the conflict between the Kachin Independence Army 

(KIA) and Burmese military started over a year ago there 

was enough food from the rice and vegetable farms in the 

surrounding areas. The clashes have forced many farmers 

to abandon their farms making the community reliant 

on rice transported from Myitkyina.

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