This photo taken on December 27, 2017 shows a farmer using a mobile app while working in a rice field on the outskirts of Yangon.New smartphone apps are providing farmers with up-to-date information on everything from weather, climate change, crop prices to advice on pesticides and fertilisers. / AFP PHOTO / YE AUNG THU / TO GO WITH Myanmar-agriculture-economy-technology, FEATURE by Athens ZAW ZAW
Aye Ywar: A free app on farmer San San Hla’s smartphone is her new weapon in the war against the dreaded stem borer moth that blighted her rice paddy in southern Myanmar for the last two years.
As she watches her workers haul in this year’s harvest, the 35-year-old is in a triumphant mood, ascribing her victory over the seasonal scourge to advice received via the app about effective pesticide use.
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