MYANMAR: Rats exacerbate food insecurity in Chin State

Description: 

Food insecurity in Myanmar?s remote and impoverished Chin State, northwestern Myanmar, has worsened following a major infestation of rats. ?It has been well documented that food insecurity in Chin is chronic,? Chris Kaye, country representative for the UN?s World Food Programme (WFP) told IRIN from Yangon, the former Burmese capital.

Source/publisher: 

IRIN_ humanitarian news and analysis

Date of Publication: 

2009-02-03

Date of entry: 

2010-10-20

Grouping: 

  • Individual Documents

Category: 

Language: 

English

Format: 

Size: