Farmers in Sagaing Region blame taxation for soaring fertilizer and paddy production costs
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Farmers across Sagaing Region’s agrarian heartland of Shwebo District are facing soaring agricultural production costs, attributing sharp fertilizer price hikes over the past 12 months to cumulative taxation levied across at least a dozen transit checkpoints operated by various local armed actors. Shwebo, located 61 miles (98 km) northeast of the Sagaing Region capital Monywa,…
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