The Role of Conflict Sensitivity for Tea Businesses’ Resilience in Myanmar

This case study aims to see how the Biotrade project in Myanmar is using conflict trainings and awareness to help its business partners, especially in the tea and Thanakha industries. It looks at how these businesses understand the potential harm they could cause in areas affected by conflict, and how this might affect their reputation and acceptance by the local communities. It also investigates the motivations of businesses to adopt conflict-sensitive practices that has the potential to attract and maintain external investors and clients, enhance safety and security and contribute to local economic development.  Additionally, the study looks into how effective the conflict awareness training given to the project partners has been, and how ready they are to use and implement conflict-sensitive business practices, especially in the aftermath of the military coup and heightened violence across the country.