Sai Lone
Representative of farmers of crops deemed illicit (Transnational Institute, TNI)
Sai Lone is the second-generation descendant of an opium farming family from Eastern Shan State, Myanmar. He is currently working as a consultant with the Transnational Institute’s Myanmar Programme. He is the founder and senior adviser of the Myanmar Opium Farmers’ Forum (MOFF) – a peasant movement platform to give voice to the concerns and convey the political demands of opium farming communities in Myanmar. He has long-time working experiences as senior national programme coordinator with UNODC and international development organizations which helped opium farmers in their attempts to find alternative livelihoods without relying on the income derived from opium farming.
