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Myanmar could be India’s gateway to Southeast Asia
China’s BRI extension into Myanmar creates a strategic challenge for India which needs to be considered from several key angles.
Drought cuts Thai sugar output to 9-year low
With reservoir levels low, the government has also asked farmers in some provinces not to grow off-season rice.
Southeast Asia’s most critical river is entering uncharted waters
“Everywhere you look there are indications that this river, which has provided for so many, for so long, is at a breaking point.”
Banks need to take Belt and Road environmental risks seriously
At the Myitsone dam in Myanmar, Chinese investors faced the worst-case scenario, locking in funds indefinitely after the dam was suspended on environmental grounds.
Permanent market planned for city’s organic farmers
It is also envisaged that the market will encourage farmers to sell their produce on a wholesale basis, and it will become a centre for farmers’ groups.