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Myanmar's vast central dry zone and the challenges to improving its agricultural productivity and bringing more security to the lives of its villagers were the focus of a workshop held recently in Yangon by the Mercy Corps, an international non-government organisation based in the United States.

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He cited a study of water resources in the dry zone which found that a statistically significant reduction in June rainfall amounts in recent years, coupled with high variability in the start of the monsoon, was likely to impede farm production by increasing the risk of drought at the start of the rain-fed crop cycle.

This vulnerability was particularly high in the central part of the dry zone, Mr Vaughan said, referring to the study released this year by the International Water Management Institute.