Growing better rice

Agriculture in Myanmar is the main industry in the country, accounting for 60 percent of the GDP and employing some 65 percent of the labour force. Myanmar was once Asia's largest exporter of rice, but now, Myanmar's top export crop is under threat.

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In 2013, 1___________ David Chen saw firsthand the situation of small rice farmers in Myanmar, he 2__________ a rice development company in Singapore. In 2017, he 3__________ to Myanmar's southern region, where rice yields had been 4_________ for decades due to a lack of 5___________ knowledge and climate change. A major problem was salt water encroaching on farms and making land 6___________. David introduced a new variety of seeds which appears to 7__________ increase crop yields, however some farmers are 8____________of the new methods. Myanmar is the ASEAN country most 9_______________ by climate change, and action needs to be 10___________ to strengthen and develop the country's rice farming yields.

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