Agriculture in Burma

Agriculture In Burma

Agriculture in Burma (officially Myanmar) is the main industry in the country, accounting for 25 percent of the GDP and employing some 65 percent of the labor force. Burma was once Asia's largest exporter of rice, and it is remains the country's most crucial agricultural commodity. Other main crops include pulses, beans, sesame, groundnuts, sugarcane, lumber, and fish. Moreover, livestock is raised as both a source of food and labor. Farmers mainly depend on rain and start rice field at raining time. Irrigation for farming is thousand year ago. Now, there are total 200 large dam using for farming and power plants. 2012-13 agriculture GDP is kyat 11374526.9 (US$ 12.6 billion) and export is increasing after 2011 government reform. Most export is beans and rice.

National Plan for 2013-2014

(a) Map of farms - reliable data collection (b) UTM Revision Maps, Field Verification - 150 numbers to complete (c) Seed for rice (100 acre for each division/state) (d) To get farm 150862 acres by spending 220 million usd form 61 projects (dam) (e) Addition 65 project for 32200 acres (f) 19 new projects and canals modernizing 20 projects for addition 4000 acres Presently 956888 acres + additional 40000 acres (g) River electric pumps 152 units for 499770 acres. River diesel pump 192 units for 115968 acres (h) Deep well 165 units for 880 acres. Total machine well 14787, hand well 23646 is using for 14.99 remote population (i) Modern farms total 2800 acres to create (j) hill region to create normal farm 750 acres (k) Produce 432 bachelors by Agriculture University and 600 diploma Agri Institute to produce (l) Research, Educating and Training (m) Loan total 900 million usd to farmers