Working outside
creates labor shortage in Agriculture
IMNA
June
26, 2005
Agricultural farms in
“No body wants to work in farm. Difficult
to get people from our area and also have to give high payments because people
are keen to seek job in
“We had hired a group of people from A-pyar, Pegu division for years for
paddy transplanting and harvesting,” she added.
Farmers in southern area have to rely on
people from middle part of
“If the people from that area not coming,
we will face many problems, (We have) not many people in the village, (they)
all went to
To get people from the area, some farmers
already had given some money for advance payment to people who will come to
work to their farm.
“One of my friends already gave advance
payment to people from that area at 700 Kyat per day. Depending on area, for
some people they will pay more,” Ma Pee added.
Currently the daily payment for
transplanting worker reached about 1000 Kyat per day in
Many people from Pegu
area also are interested to work in lower
In Bago (Pegu) division, the current payment is just 600 per day,
said a resident farmer.
Not only farmer, local plantation owners
in
According to farmers, they rely people from upper
Almost all the Mon families in Mon and
Hundreds of people are still entering to