Permaculture Institute Myanmar is empowering rural youth and grassroots farming communities for sustaining their livelihood, community food security and addressing local environmental challenges in Rakhine State, Myanmar.
VISION – We envision a peaceful Myanmar society that ecologically co-exists with nature, sustains livelihoods, and ensures community food security through practising sustainable agriculture and permaculture ethics and principles.
MISSION – Our mission is to promote the practices of permaculture ethics and principles, ecological farming, environmental conservation and peace through empowering rural young farmers and the agrarian grassroots community and steering them towards a path of sustainable agriculture, eco-friendly living, and lasting peace.
Main Programs
Permaculture Learning Center
The Permaculture Learning Center is attempting to become a learning platform for those who are interested in permaculture farm design, sustainable farming practices, regenerative agriculture and nature conservation and local resilience.
Farmer Empowerment & Livelihood Program
Through its comprehensive approach encompassing knowledge transfer, technology adoption, financial support, market linkages, and inclusive participation, the program enables farmers to overcome challenges and enhance their productivity and income.
Farm Stay Program
The Farm Stay Program provides a platform for cultural exchange and interaction between visitors and the local community. Visitors have the chance to engage with farmers, artisans, and residents in the surrounding areas, fostering mutual understanding and appreciation of different cultures.Â
Emergency Response Program
Our Emergency Response Program aims to address the urgent needs arising from natural disasters ensuring the safety, well-being, and recovery of those impacted. We work in collaboration with local authorities, NGOs, and community partners to deliver efficient and effective assistance.
Lastest Events
3-day permaculture farm design, April 2023
We have held permaculture training workshops at our demonstration farm in Rakhine State, Myanmar since June 2020. Our most recent workshop was in April 2023.
Growing seasonal crops for farm consumption in aftermath of MOCHA cyclone
During this crisis period, producing food for the farm’s sufficient consumption is the first priority. In this rainy season (2023) we have been growing seasonal crops such as long beans, egg-plant, bottle gourd, cucumber and others.
Myat Tun, co-founder of PIM participating at Spread the Spice Festival 2023
This extraordinary event was proudly organized by the 2023 Kanthari participants, bringing together individuals from 12 countries:
Cameroon, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Liberia, Malawi, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe.
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The PIM team is working tirelessly to emerge a learning platform and space with equal opportunities for those who want to make positive impacts on agriculture and nature. There are a number of ways you can be involved.
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Our logo is combined of the soil, water, plant and all living things which represent ECOLOGY. The integration in harmony of these four elements will create healthy ecology for sustaining mother planet. Our ecology importantly, urgently need to be restored and conserved for now and future. Soil (Yellow Symbol), Water (Blue Symbol), Plant (Green Symbol) and Bird (White Symbol) represent to those elements respectively. This is exactly matching to the ethics of Permaculture, our value, Earth Care, People Care and Fair Share.
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