Effects of Human Rights Violations on Burma Agriculture

1. My focus country of Interest will be Burma (Myanmar). I am well aware of its agricultural background because I have worked on several community gardens with citizens of Burma who have told me about first hand experiences and struggles they have faced in producing and sustaining their own agricultural practices in Burma.

2. My topic of interest is Human rights in Burma. I have chosen this topic because I greatly disagree with how the government of Burma controls %100 of the agricultural land and practices in Burma. Because of this the citizens of Burma are greatly restricted on what they can produce, what they can sell, and how much they can profit from their production. Also women are greatly limited in their education and are often discriminated against when applying for higher education.